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The german newspaper FAZ (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) claims that there is an inititiative to block cat images from the web due to excessive bandwidth consumption (article in german):

http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/die-digital-d...

The other content to be blocked are 'theses concerning the future of journalism' ...



There's a campaign to keep California restaurants from bringing out water to drink because of excessive consumption.

Not April Fools though :-/




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