Mar 31
Grown in small orchards in Switzerland, or large plantations in parts of Italy such as the Po Valley, the spaghetti-tree hoax struck Britain, its citizens mostly unfamiliar with much to do with spaghetti at the time, in a shocking display of flat-out humour by the famously reliable BBC.
The report provided footage of an Italian family harvesting, sun drying, and serving homegrown spaghetti in a segment a little under three minutes long.