Gotcha! Organisations and brands get creative with April Fool’s Day pranks

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As an April Fools' prank, NUS Computing announced a new initiative to encourage students to sleep more. Dubbed SLEeP (Student Lull Encouragement Programme), students who clock in an average of eight hours per day will be rewarded with a 0.1 increase in their CAP score. 

The Straits Times, 1 April 2018

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