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No Mr. Fish
(April Fool's Day - 1925)
In an effort to sidestep the flood of calls asking for Mr. Fish, the New York aquarium asked the telephone company to disconnect their service for the day. [
Oakland Tribune
, Apr 1, 1925.]
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April Fool's Day, 1925
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