493. April Fool’s Day

April 01, 2026
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Beware of April 1st and be careful what you read, see, and hear. Let’s find out why we have a day every year where we try to trick people, and why does that day occur on the first day of April, commonly known as April Fool’s Day.

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Audio credits: Everything Everywhere Daily podcast with Gary Arndt: April Fool’s Day April 01, 2021(Glassbox Media); The Spaghetti Harvest in Ticino, Switzerland (BBC Archive 1957); April Fools Day History by The Daily Bellringer at youtube.com/@thedailybellringer. Audio excerpts reproduced under the Fair Use (Fair Dealings) Legal Doctrine for purposes such as criticism, comment, teaching, education, scholarship, research and news reporting.

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