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    This document discusses the history and traditions of April Fools' Day. It originated in France in 1582 with the switch to the Gregorian calendar. By the 18th century, it had spread to Great Britain. On April Fools' Day, TV stations, companies, and individuals play pranks and hoaxes on each other. Some famous hoaxes included a 1957 report of a spaghetti harvest in Switzerland and a 1962 claim that placing a stocking over a TV could make it display color images. The document also notes cultural differences in April Fools' traditions around the world.

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    This document discusses the history and traditions of April Fools' Day. It originated in France in 1582 with the switch to the Gregorian calendar. By the 18th century, it had spread to Great Britain. On April Fools' Day, TV stations, companies, and individuals play pranks and hoaxes on each other. Some famous hoaxes included a 1957 report of a spaghetti harvest in Switzerland and a 1962 claim that placing a stocking over a TV could make it display color images. The document also notes cultural differences in April Fools' traditions around the world.

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    This document discusses the history and traditions of April Fools' Day. It originated in France in 1582 with the switch to the Gregorian calendar. By the 18th century, it had spread to Great Britain. On April Fools' Day, TV stations, companies, and individuals play pranks and hoaxes on each other. Some famous hoaxes included a 1957 report of a spaghetti harvest in Switzerland and a 1962 claim that placing a stocking over a TV could make it display color images. The document also notes cultural differences in April Fools' traditions around the world.

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    This document discusses the history and traditions of April Fools' Day. It originated in France in 1582 with the switch to the Gregorian calendar. By the 18th century, it had spread to Great Britain. On April Fools' Day, TV stations, companies, and individuals play pranks and hoaxes on each other. Some famous hoaxes included a 1957 report of a spaghetti harvest in Switzerland and a 1962 claim that placing a stocking over a TV could make it display color images. The document also notes cultural differences in April Fools' traditions around the world.

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    GUY FAWKES‘

    DAY, APRIL
    FOOLS‘ DAY
    APRIL
    FOOLS‘
    DAY
    ORIGIN

    • Its exact origins remain a mystery.


    • Some historians speculate that April Fools’ Day dates back to 1582, when France switched
    from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar.
    • April Fools’ Day spread throughout Great Britain during the 18th century.
    APRIL FOOLS' DAY JOKES

    • TV stations spread hoaxes


    • Companies prank their users
    • People prank their friend and family
    SPAGHETTI-HARVEST IN TICINO

    • April 1, 1957
    • Three – minute hoax purportedly showing a family in
    southern Switzerland harvesting spaghetti from the
    family "spaghetti tree".
    • spaghetti was relatively unknown in the UK
    • the biggest hoax that any news station has ever pulled
    • https://youtu.be/tVo_wkxH9dU
    GET COLOR TV BY PLACING A NYLON
    STOCKING IN FRONT OF THE TV

    • April 1st, 1962


    • Swedish national television
    • Reporter shows how to place a
    nylon stocking over a TV screen to
    turn a black & white TV into a
    colour TV
    GREAT BLUE HILL
    ERUPTION PRANK
    • April 1, 1980
    • WNAC-TV aired a fake
    news that Great Blue Hill
    was erupting
    • it resulted in panic in
    Milton, Massachusetts and
    the surrounding area.
    YOUTUBE GETS
    "RICKROLLED"
    • April 1, 2008
    • all of the featured videos on YouTube
    UK and Australia took users to the
    music video for Rick Astley's "Never
    Gonna Give You Up"
    • Instead of the actual featured video
    • https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ
    OTHER COMPANIES

    • Twitter – unpaid version doesn‘t show vowels


    • Reddit – r/place
    • Minecraft
    CULTURAL DIFFERENCES

    • France and french speaking areas – poisson d'avril – April‘s fish – sticking paper fish to somebody‘s
    back
    • Spain and former spanish colonies – „Día de los Santos Inocentes “ – similar holiday in December
    • The Czech republic, Germany, Sweden and the european countries – many hoaxes by media, different
    TV stations often collaborate to make the hoax more credible
    SOURCES

    https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/april-fools-tradition-popularized
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day
    https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/62596/11-april-fools-day-jokes-google

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