Left-handed burger? Taco Bell Liberty bell anyone? April 1st. It is the day that pranksters live for all year. From a wife announcing an April Fool’s not-pregnancy to baked goods that look one thing but are something else; April Fool’s Day usually involves harmless short jokes. On April 1st, kids and adults around the world try to trick their friends and family with small and large pranks. Sometimes April Fools pranks go awry and are enacted on large groups of people, cities and even the world. In 1940, the world thought that the world would end on April 1st. A Franklin Institute press release brought dooms-day fear into the hearts of people around the world but was only a press release for a potential subsequent lecture entitled “How Will the World End?”. Obviously, the world did not end but mass panic..

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