April Fool’s Day: 5 Amazing Things That You Didn’t Know About Today
-April 1st is a special day to see who has the most pranks up their sleeves
-Before you send your friends the prank text that makes their heart jump, check out 5 unknown facts about April Fool’s Day
April 1st, April Fool’s Day is one of the most lighthearted days of the year and one to celebrate.
You get to make fool of friends and family and carry out pranks that make everyone look stupid and the best part is nobody gets offended by this.
To celebrate this annual comical day, we are giving you five crazy facts about April 1st fool’s day.
When did fool’s day start?
Although origin stories for Fool’s day in April varies, the most common origin story dates back to 1582.
France has just switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar.
In the Julian calendar, the year begins on April 1st as opposed to January on the Gregorian calendar.
People who got the news late continued using the Julian calendar when others had switched.
The early adopters pranked them and made fun of them by calling them April Fools.
BBC prank in 2008
One of the greatest April Fools prank done was done by television station, BBC.
The BBC televised news, saying that Penguins had begun to fly in Antarctica.
The TV station went a step further to say that the penguins had flown to the tropical rain forest in South America which got many people excited.
Double fool’s day
Why have one day for pranks when you can have two?
In Scotland, fools day is celebrated on two days and the second one is called “Taily day”.
On this day you can prank people by sticking papers with hilarious statements to their backs.
For example, one might stick a paper that says “Slap me” to your back and this causes you to get random slaps from friends.
Tragedy on April Fool’s Day
One of the most tragic events on April 1st happened in 1945.
A weather broadcast department announced the coming of a tsunami in Pacific island on April 1st.
Many people thought this was a prank and didn’t prepare for the tsunami. The result? Tragedy!
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Gmail launch
Popular mail, Gmail was launched on April Fool’s Day in 2004 and because of its amazingly good features, many thought it was a prank.
Google wasn’t joking then and it was the start of one of the most reliable and popular mails of today.
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