Heres a lesson about April Fool's in a non-traditional way.. The Believed Truth!
Its start was believed to be in 1582 in France. Back then the new years was celebrated for 8 days, march 25 to april 1(the 1st being new years). Well, in that time there was a reform of the calendar under Charles IX, the Gregorian Calendar was introduced, and New Year's Day was moved to January 1. Since news traveled by foot many places didn't get this news for several years, some didn't get it at all, and some just refused to accept. Well, the general mass (people who switched) would "bully" around those who didn't switch by making their lives hard, sending them on "fools errands" and such. As time went by, these people were called April Fools (hence the name April Fools) and as time went on it evolved into just playing pranks on friends and family. To this day, pranks have been the rule of this day.
So thats it, April Fools and all its glory :)
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