April Fools' Day and "Fools' Day"... The origin of the event and the 10 most famous pranks
April fools day for your love of funny pranks
Fans of "April Fools" used to love tricks and pranks on the first day of the fourth month AD or anticipate the event by a day or two to ensure more surprises.
April Fools' Day is not only launched by fun-loving people recently the media and entertainment companies and sometimes even economic companies have become involved in these pranks.
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Despite the controversy over the correctness of carrying out pranks in early April, the positive view is that April Fools' Day can be beneficial to one's health because it encourages jokes and funny tricks, and brings all the benefits of laughter including relieving stress and reducing stress on the heart.
While the negative opinion describes April's hoaxes as "scaring, manipulative and a bit bad", in addition to some of them based on schadenfreude and deception.
Early April is not an official holiday in any country except for Odesa in Ukraine, where the first of this month is an official holiday in the city.
The origin of April Fools' Day
In 1508, the French poet Eloy d'Amerval referred to Poisson d'avril's April Fools' Day and called it literally "April Fish", perhaps the first reference to the celebration in France.
Some historians believe that April Fools' Day originated in the Middle Ages, as New Year's Day was celebrated on March 25 in most European cities, which ended on April 1, especially in some regions of France; Those who celebrated New Year's Eve on January 1 mocked them by inventing "April Fools' Day".
In the Netherlands, the origin of April Fools' Day is often attributed to the Dutch victory over the Spanish duke Álvarez de Toledo on 1 April 1572.
The English author and archaeologist John Aubrey, he referred to the celebration of the "Day of Holy Fools" on the first of April 1698, when many people were deceived by inviting them to go to the Tower of London to watch the "washing of lions".
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Others believe that there is a strong relationship between lying on the first of April and the well-known holiday of Holi in India, which is celebrated by Hindus on March 31 of every year, in which some simple people carry out false tasks just for fun and propaganda and do not reveal the truth of their lies except on the evening of the first day of April.
Although there is no clear evidence of the origin of the day and its origin, the first of April has become the day on which lies are permissible for all peoples of the world except for the Spanish and German peoples.
The exclusion of these countries from the global banter map is due to the fact that the first of April is a sacred day in Spain religiously, while in Germany it coincides with the birthday of "Bismarck" the well-known German leader.
The most famous April Fools pranks
In addition to people who plot pranks and trap their friends on April Fools' Day, elaborate pranks have appeared on radio and television stations, newspapers, and websites, and large companies have participated in them, and among the most famous global pranks are:
In 1719, Tsar Peter the Great of Russia set a high dome on fire after he painted it with asphalt and wax. People thought that their city was burning and fled in fear.
As for Romania, which sanctifies the celebration of “April Fools’ Day”, it is historically indicated that in one year the prank was carried out inside one of the capital’s museums, where he announced the King’s visit to him. When the King of Romania saw it, he ordered a guard to pick it up. The guard nodded on the ground trying to pick up the antique paper, but he discovered that it was a trick.
- In 1946, tsunami warnings were issued that would follow the Aleutian Island earthquake that killed 165 people in Hawaii and Alaska and was on April Fool's Day.
In 1976, physicist Patrick Moore announced on BBC radio that at 9:47 am, humans would feel a double gravitational effect from Saturn and Pluto, and the gravity on Earth would weaken. If we jumped in the air, we would float, and many fell victim to this trick.
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In 1957, the BBC broadcast a movie called "Swiss Spaghetti Harvest" showing Swiss farmers choosing freshly planted spaghetti, and after receiving numerous requests for pasta it declared it an April hoax.
- In 1988, the British Broadcasting Corporation announced that the famous "Bing Bin" clock would enter the digital world, and the first listeners to call would get the clock that would be dispensed with, and it turned out later that it was "April Fools".
In the United States, Boston Public Park witnessed a stern warning against photographing the sculptures, fearing that the emitted light would “corrode the sculptures,” and it later turned out to be “April Fools.”
In 2004, the global company "Google" participated in "April Fools' Day" by announcing the launch of Gmail to the public.
April 1, 2005, News leaked about the death of comedian Mitch Hedberg on March 29, and it turned out to be "April Fools".
- In 2008, the BBC claimed that researchers had discovered a breed of flyable penguin, and broadcast a video clip that made many believe the lie, and the clip received about 6 million views at the time.
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