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Elon Musk Jokes Tesla Is Bankrupt, and Other Great April Fool's Day Pranks Brands didn't hold back this year, mocking themselves a little and their competitors a lot.

By Dan Bova

@elonmusk

Brands didn't disappoint this April Fool's Day, taking the opportunity to add a little levity to world. We can all use it! Here are a few of our favorite April Fool's stunts.

Snapchat's Russian Bot Filter

Snapchat had a Facebook roasting party with the unveiling of a new filter that mocks FB's pesky Russian fake news problem. The filter puts the user's photo in a Facebook-like frame and adds Cyrillic text and likes from "Your Mom" and "A bot." Savage, Snapchat, savage!

LEGO VacuSort

The children's toy and destroyer of adult feet tweeted the release of a revolutionary new product, the VacuSort, which promises to suck up and sort by color and brick shape.

Elon Musk declares bankruptcy for Tesla

Musk turned one of his Boring Company flamethrowers on himself, serving himself a deep burn about Tesla sales reports, and his penchant for selling products that people can't believe are real.

Burger King Chocolate Whopper

This one made us chuckle and drool at the same time. Kinda funny, but also kinda a great idea?

Chuck E. Cheese house band Munch's Make Believe Band breaks up

Chuck E. Cheese sent out an announcement that the chain's fabled Munch's Make Believe Band was calling it quits with a farewell tour befitting this "Beatles, The Rolling Stones level retirement."

Netflix announces the acquisition of Seth Rogen

The streaming service didn't settle with Seth Rogen's body of work, they took his actual body, too.

Roku Happy Streaming Socks

Another one in the "this is a joke but we wish it wasn't" pile is Roku's ad for socks that can swipe, tap and click with the wiggle of a toe.

Dan Bova

Entrepreneur Staff

VP of Special Projects

Dan Bova is the VP of Special Projects at Entrepreneur.com. He previously worked at Jimmy Kimmel Live, Maxim, and Spy magazine. His latest books for kids include This Day in History, Car and Driver's Trivia ZoneRoad & Track Crew's Big & Fast Cars, The Big Little Book of Awesome Stuff, and Wendell the Werewolf

Read his humor column This Should Be Fun if you want to feel better about yourself.

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