On 13 March 2016, the Facebook page Foods Around posted a video purportedly showing how to create a hybrid “banana kiwi fruit”:

The video, which was shared more than 500,000 times within the first few days of its initial posting, purportedly captured a man creating a “banana kiwi fruit” by planting a piece of a banana alongside a piece of a kiwi in a pot.

This video, however, wasn’t real: the Facebook clip was actually a small segment of a longer video that was shared by the YouTube channel Kin Community on 1 April 2014. In addition to the clue of the video’s upload date (April Fool’s Day), the original footage included a revelatory parting message from the banana-kiwi fruit’s creator:

I do hope you give this project a try. Experiment with the clippings of fruit and vegetables you use ever day to see what sort of fruit hybrids you can create. Thank you so much for watching. I want to wish you a very happy April Fool’s Day. And join me next time for an actual DIY.

The video’s description on YouTube also offered a not-so-subtle hint that the “baniwi” was a hoax: