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April Fools' Day

April Fools' Day is celebrated in different countries around the world on April 1 every year. 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 and foolishness. The day is marked by the commission of good-humoured or otherwise funny jokes, hoaxes, and other practical jokes of varying sophistication on friends, family members, teachers, neighbors, work associates, etc.

A ticket to "Washing the Lions" in London from 1857. This traditional April Fools prank is first recorded in 1698

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