# April Fools - 2024 version

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-2024-version/999668>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 1, 2024, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-2024-version/999668 "2024-04-01T07:10:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-2024-version/999668/1 "2024-04-01T07:10:27Z")

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This showed up on Facebook. Another kind of rocket fuel.

> **[Islay Space Port to open in 2024](http://new.islayblog.com/2024/04/01/islay-space-port-to-open-in-2024/?fbclid=IwAR1NbYXcS1PahWMm7mK042_pdjO3zhSj_WzKlWCo8wJBlOleZRptGH-yJzU_aem_AZ6gM4peH4Z5Rp8WvGlK7rX_5A5ClAPiyrhT7PsadG1MFLdpaIs0wNZjC0pJXT2IOxGBGWR0oNjvz0VwZqcEYjed)**
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> Some amazing news from Islay this morning: After some long and secret negotiations I can reveal that an Islay Space Port is expected to open in late 2024. Scotland has long been the prime location …

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**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-2024-version/999668/2 "2024-04-01T10:10:07Z")

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So it runs on Scotch Whiskey? Cool!

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-2024-version/999668/3 "2024-04-01T11:01:46Z")

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Linus Tech Tips has its new video, of course:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sB1XQYDbzOE/maxresdefault.jpg "It’s Time to Downsize - New Studio Tour") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB1XQYDbzOE)

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**Author:** ![colinfred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colinfred/32/21338_2.png) [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-2024-version/999668/4 "2024-04-02T09:09:03Z")

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The Scottish parliment have made it a “hate crime” to misge… Wait that’s not an April Fool?