article_snippet.sent: the paper quoted a source as saying: 'Our research shows that up to 10 per cent of people in some countries aren't aware that it was the University of Leicester which found the skeleton of Richard III.
article_snippet.sent: Another story in the paper suggested that top bookshop Foyles had created a new type of bookmark, the 'boo!mark', which emits a loud noise whenever anyone falls asleep while reading.
article_snippet.sent: Mumsnet was another website to make a hoax announcement as Mumsnet claimed to be founding a political party, the MNP, which will represent the interest of mothers.
article_snippet.sent: The Battersea Dogs and Cats Home claimed to have taken possession of a lion .
article_snippet.sent: Local newspapers across the UK took the opportunity to prank Local newspapers across the UK readers - the Liverpool Echo carried disturbing reports off a great white shark in the River Mersey, while The Telegraphrevealed that Batman star Christian Bale is set to be immortalised in Batman star Christian Bale home town of Haverfordwest with a 12ft gold statue.
article_snippet.sent: Nature, one of the world's leading scientific journals, published a hoax paper suggesting that dragons may in fact be real, and charting dragons prevalence against the rise and fall of global temperatures.