April Fools'

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April Fools' - the first day of April which is celebrated by playing practical jokes

All Fools' day, April Fools' day

day - a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance; "Mother's Day"

Apr, April - the month following March and preceding May

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Singer Justin Bieber has apologised for sharing a fake pregnancy post on April Fools' Day.

Justin Bieber apologises for fake pregnancy prank

Nairobi News later published another story with the headline, "Here is how you got duped on April Fools' Day".

Why the 'Nation' shouldn't mess with readers on April Fools Day

[USA], Apr 2 (ANI): Singer-songwriter Justin Bieber, who has taken a break from music to focus on his health and marriage, received a lot of flak for sharing fake pregnancy posts on April Fools' Day to pull a prank on his fans.

Justin Bieber slammed for fake pregnancy prank

Aside from April Fools' Day, the custom of setting aside a day for the playing of harmless pranks upon one's neighbour has historically been relatively common in the world.

Twin cities residents show no interest in April fool day

April Fools' Day is widely celebrated around the world as a day when people play practical jokes on friends, family members, teachers, neighbors, and colleagues.

April Fools' Day: A Time For Pranks!

April Fools' Day LIVE: Best pranks as UK to be booted from Eurovision over Brexit

McDonald's annoys burger lovers with 'cruel' April Fool's Day prank; McDonald's in Australia shared a video of its 'new burger' on social media and excited fans couldn't wait to try one

The April Fools' tradition is followed by many people across the world, including those who work fortechnology companies like Google and Microsoft.

Microsoft bans April Fools' day pranks

In another Story, she pans the camera to pink balloons which had 'Baby Girl' written all over, fooling her followers for just a second - since it was April Fools' Day, anyway - that she gave birth to a girl.

Isabelle Daza gives birth to bouncing baby boy

Hey, I've got a fun April Fools' Day story for you Once, when I was about seven, I went downstairs and my sister was in the back room reading.

First things first

| |Our recent April Fools' Day story about plans for a giant 100ft statue of King Kong in Brum certainly provoked a big response from our readers.

King Kong would make a monkey out of us all*; (* But who spotted the date of our 'exclusive'?) MAIL 3

Others reckon April Fools' Day is linked to historic spring festivals that celebrated jokes and mayhem.