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- Celebrated on April 1st
- Also known as All Fools' Day
- Not an actual holiday
- Inspired the 1986 horror movie classic April Fool's Day (1986)
- It is a custom to try to send someone on a [http: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snipe_hunt Fool's Errand]
- French children have a tradition of taping a picture of a fish (also known as a Poisson d'Avril) to their schoolmate's backs
- The birthday of twins Fred and George Weasley from the Harry Potter series
- "This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three-hundred and sixty-four." — Mark Twain
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April Fools' Day is celebrated on the first day of April each year and is usually marked by the playing of jokes, pranks and elaborate hoaxes on one's loved ones and hated enemies.
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Origins of April Fools Day
While the exact origins of the day remain unclear, the most common historical interpretation dates back to 16th century France. Up until that point, New Year's Day had been celebrated on the 1st of April each year. In 1564 (with the introduction of the Gregorian calender, Charles IX of France decreed that New Year's Day would be moved to the 1st of January - as it is today.Due to the slow pace that news traveled in those days, many people didn't hear about the change and continued celebrating the New Year on April 1st. Those who had heard about the news began playing jokes and pranks on those that hadn't, such as inviting them to fake New Year's parties and sending them foolish gifts. Thus the tradition of April Fools' Day began. Or so we're told.
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April Fools Day on Amazon
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April Fools Day Questions
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What do you think will be Googles April Fools Prank in 2009? 3 AnswersOne is the Google Brain Scanner (morning), that indexes waves of your brains to search about what you think righ now. But, now the prank is evolving about CADIE... read more -
what is the cruelest April Fools Day Joke on Record? 2 AnswersOn a macro scale, that is hard to beat, on a micro scale... I think I heard a story second hand that might fit the bill... it went something like this: (the sto... read more -
What is your favorite April Fools Day prank? 6 AnswersGet a small alarm clock and set it for 3:00 a.m. Sneak under his bed. Once it goes off, he won't be able to find it and will drive him nuts. -----------------... read more -
What were the best April Fools Day articles from the Web Today? 10 AnswersThere's a nice list of all jokes: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/01/april-fools-youtube-flails-amazon-cloud-computing-in-a-blimp-3d-chrome-browsing-google-ma... read more
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Just defined sprint planning dates in @acquia 2010 calendar . Sprint 37 starts on April fools day; should be fun, right before @drupalconsf
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I favorited a YouTube video -- Legend of Zelda (April Fools' Day) Movie Trailer Premiere http://youtu.be/HBCzkz3gHb8?a
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RT@/privatewisdomYahoo::RSS::Type::DateTime=HASH(0x319fb48)Top 10 April Fools' Day Pranks - http://bit.ly/.. http://bit.ly/7vtWq3
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Top 10 April Fools' Day Pranks - http://bit.ly/4OBgse
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@jimmcelvar my friends 18 on april fools day! :) who are like - voice wise ?x
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