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April Fools Day
1 April 2025
April Fools’ Day—celebrated on April 1 each year—has been celebrated for several centuries by different cultures, though its exact origins remain a mystery. April Fools’ Day traditions include playing hoaxes or practical jokes on others, often yelling “April Fools!” at the end to clue in the subject of the April Fools’ Day prank. While its exact history is shrouded in mystery, the embrace of April Fools’ Day jokes by the media and major brands has ensured the unofficial holiday’s long life. *1
Some of the Best – Shared by BBC
The Swiss spaghetti harvest
In 1957 Richard Dimbleby, Panoram, anchored the piece about a particularly bountiful crop of spaghetti in Switzerland. *2
The islands of San Serriffe
If you think typefaces can’t be funny, think again.
In 1977, the Guardian published a travel guide to the mysterious island grouping of San Serriffe. The two islands, Upper Caisse and Lower Caisse, formed the shape of a semicolon. *2
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