1. History of April Fool 's Day

2. April Fool 's Day is a " for-fun-only " observance .

3. Practical jokes are a common practice on April Fool 's Day .

4. In Scotland , for example , April Fool 's Day is actually celebrated for two days .

5. Mexico 's counterpart of April Fool 's Day is actually observed on December 28 .

6. It was an April fool actually, and to this day some people think it's real.

7. Whatever the prank , the trickster usually ends it by yelling to his victim , " April Fool ! "

8. 17 Just in case you don't already know, our Yobots piece was an April fool.

9. There really was n't a " first April Fool 's Day " that can be pinpointed on the calendar .

10. Pranks performed on April Fool 's Day range from the simple , ( such as saying , " Your shoe 's untied ! ) , .

11. Early records of the holiday from the 1700s name it April Fool Day, with an Apostrophized April Fools’ Day recorded by the 1800s

12. In 1508, French poet Eloy d'Amerval referred to a poisson d’avril (April fool, literally "Fish of April"), possibly the first reference to the celebration in France.

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