April Fools' Day Origins

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RR166 April Fools' Day Origins and a couple epic pranks. WARNING Expletive: Damn it According to History.com 16th century France the Pope switched from the Julian (4713 BC) to Gregorian calendar change from April to January but there is a problem with this theory The Julian calendar is still used today in manufacture dates of food items. The first two digits are the year the last three are the day number. Some say Roman festivals like Hilaria centuries earlier was the inception point Eastern cultures Holi in India festival of color. I have always wanted to participate in something like this. Famous pranks 1957 BBC fooled folks into believing Switzerland grew spaghetti trees 1998 left handed burger Like, share, comment, subscribe: Home on the web https://riedrants.com/ @RiedRants on Instagram and Twitter Donate at https://www.patreon.com/RiedRants Comment at https://www.facebook.com/RiedRants/ Download at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/riedrants/id1234080385?mt=2 Or https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/ried-rants?refid=stpr Or even https://soundcloud.com/riedrants https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz07tkeud_bSx-1dWQC7Urw?view Music: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music Research and Links: https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/april-fools-day https://www.infoplease.com/calendar-holidays/major-holidays/april-fools-day-origin-and-history https://www.cnn.com/2013/08/16/world/april-fools-day-fast-facts/index.html Elaborate corporate pranks: https://www.dogonews.com/2019/3/30/beware-april-fools-day-is-on-monday https://www.thereadystore.com/food-storage/3330/how-to-figure-out-your-food-storage-manufacture-date/ https://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/JulianDate.php Fun short video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhVCTkpVX2Y https://www.dictionary.com/e/fool/