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“The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year”*…
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* Mark Twain
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As we ponder the prank, we might note that today is, of course, April Fools’ Day. A popular occasion for gags and hoaxes since the 19th century, it is considered by some to date from the calendar change of 1750-52— though references to high jinx on the 1st of April date back to Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales (1392).
April Fools’ Day is not a public holiday in any country… though perhaps it should be.
If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings.
– Welsh Proverb
An April Fools’ Day hoax marking the construction of the Copenhagen Metro in 2001
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