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  2. April Fools' Day - Wikipedia

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    In the UK, an April Fool prank is sometimes later revealed by shouting "April fool!" at the recipient, who becomes the "April fool". A study in the 1950s, by folklorists Iona and Peter Opie , found that in the UK, and in countries whose traditions derived from the UK, this continues to be the practice, with the custom ceasing at noon, after ...

  3. What April Fools’ Day looks like around the world

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    The Scottish used to call it Huntigowk Day. The French use it as an excuse to prank people with fish. Iranians have a version tied to ancient customs. It seems nearly every culture is united by a ...

  4. List of multinational festivals and holidays - Wikipedia

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    Eid-Ul-Fitr: 9 April, 2024; Secular. April Fools' Day: 1 April; World Autism Awareness Day: 2 April; Children's Day: 4 April; South and Southeast Asian solar New Year: roughly 14 April, including Cambodian New Year, Lao New Year, Sinhalese New Year, Songkran (Thailand), Thingyan , and Water-Sprinkling Festival (Dais in Sipsongpanna in Yunnan ...

  5. Fossil Fools Day - Wikipedia

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    Fossil Fools Day is an environmental demonstration day on April 1 annually. The name is a play on the term fossil fuels and April Fools' Day.. Fossil Fools Day began in 2004 with coordinated actions across American and Canadian high schools and universities where they played over 125 coordinated April Fools' Day pranks centered around the dangers from using and harvesting fossil fuels.

  6. April Fools’ Day: How Did It Start, and Why Is It April 1?

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    The origin of April Fools’ Day is debated, but its history covers centuries of April Fools’ pranks, from family high jinks (like pranks to play on your parents or your kids) to office pranks ...

  7. The origin and superstitions of April Fools' Day

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    Click through some of the top April Fools' Day jokes from 2015: One of the more popular theories on why we have April Fools' Day, or All Fools' Day, centers around the West's adoption of the ...

  8. Wikipedia:April Fools - Wikipedia

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    Remember the first rule for Fools: keep your jokes out of articles and help pages, their respective talk pages, or anywhere else where a casual reader could see them!Such jokes are considered vandalism, and pulling them risk causing your account to get blocked from editing

  9. How Trisha Paytas turned an April Fools' Day prank into her ...

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    The idea of Paytas starring on Broadway started less than a year ago — as an April Fools' Day joke. ... Including all of her fans around the world was important, Paytas said. She credited her ...