April Fool's Day

What's April Fool's Day?

April Fools' Day is celebrated in different countries on April 1. Sometimes referred to as All Fools' Day, April 1 is not a national holiday, but is widely recognized and celebrated as a day when many people play all kinds of jokes. The day is marked by  funny jokes, hoaxes on friends, family members, teachers, neighbours, etc.

Traditionally, in some countries such as Canada, New Zealand or the UK the jokes only last till noon. Elsewhere, such as in Greece, France, Italy, South Korea, Japan, Russia, The Netherlands, Germany, Brazil, Ireland, and the U.S., the jokes last all day. In France and Italy children traditionally tack paper fish on each other's back as a trick and shout "april fish!" in their local language ("poisson d'avril!" in French, for instance).

The earliest recorded association between April 1 and foolishness can be found in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (1392). In Spain, an equivalent date is December 28.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

If you want to read about famous hoaxes in history, click the image above.