On 1 April 1998 the Burger King company released an advertisement for a new hamburger called the ‘Left – Handed Whopper’. The advertisement said that the new hamburger had the same ingredients as a regular Whopper, but that the Left – Handed Whopper was a special burger for left – handed people. Thousands of people went into Burger King restaurants to ask for the Left – Handed Whopper. They didn’t know that it was an April fool’s Day joke!