April Fool’s Day: Mala-flavoured condoms and bubble tea bread among pranks

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April 1 proved to be a busy day for some brands and companies as they rolled out their April Fool’s Day pranks. NUS Computing announced on Facebook that they were launching a new table booking app called TakeNUS for students to book tables so they could study.

TODAYonline, 1 April 2019

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