Thursday, April 1, 2010

Who Were the First April Fools?

We know that April Fool's Day, a worldwide celebration of pranks and hoaxes, was around before 1539, when the earliest clear reference appears in a Flemish manuscript. Beyond that, we're not really sure. Theories on the origins of the goofy celebration abound—but, then again, they could be hoaxes themselves.

Was it The French? The Germans?
The British?The Dutch?
Romans?
Click here and find out.

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