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April 2010 Newsletter 


1. 101 Million Downloads Reached!

On April 12th, ArabicPod101.com and Innovative Language Learning reached 101 million lesson downloads! Thanks to all the listeners for supporting us! The winners from our 101 Million Download contest have been picked and posted. Click here to see if you’re a winner!

Second Prize goes to…. YOU! Join us for the next 101 million lessons! Double Your Subscription For a Handful of Pennies while they are still left, only 101 were made available, click here before they’re all gone.

2. Did you get fooled?

Pranks, jokes and lies oh my! - did you dodge them all on April Fool’s Day? April 1st was April Fools Day all around the world. In Iran, jokes are played on each other on the 13th day of the Persian new year, Norouz, which falls on April 1 or April 2. This day, celebrated as far back as 536 BC, is called Sizdah Bedar and is the oldest prank-tradition in the world still alive today; this fact has led many to believe that April Fools’ Day has its origins in this tradition. Jokes may have gotten more elaborate throughout the years; one of the most famous and successful being the BBC’s report of Spaghetti Trees being grown in Switzerland. The prank was so believable that citizens called in to ask where they could buy Spaghetti Trees! The reporter’s reply? Plant a leaf of basil in a can of tomato sauce and hope for the best.

3. Bonus Audio Lesson!
We’re trying something a little new this month with our first ever global news lesson! Don’t worry, this is still a Arabic lesson but in this lesson, you’ll get to meet some other Innovative Language hosts you wouldn’t normally come across in our ArabicPod101.com lessons. This month, we’re talking about Earth day!

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This Month’s Top Blog Post

  1. Touchdown! 101,000,000 Lessons Downloaded

This Month’s Top 5 Lessons

  1. Audio Blog #5 - Nile River

  2. Video S2 #13 - Birds of a Feather Flock Together at ArabicPod101.com!

  3. Survival Phrases #59 - No Thank You

  4. Video S2 #14 - Have a Whale of a Time with ArabicPod101.com!

  5. Video #5 - Video Vocab Lesson #5: All Parts of the Body

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