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Did You Know?
The exact origins of April Fool’s Day
are unknown, though historians have
some interesting theories regarding the
dawn of this day devoted to pranks. Some
historians have linked April Fool’s Day to the
festival of Hilaria in ancient Rome. According
to History.com, Hilaria was celebrated by
the followers of the cult of Cybele at the end
of March.
During the
festival,
celebrants
dressed
up in disguises
and
mocked
fellow citizens.
Another
theory suggests April Fool’s Day might
be linked to the transition from the Julian
calendar to the Gregorian calendar in France
in 1582. The news of that transition, which
offi cially recognized the start of the new year
as January 1 after it had been April 1, reached
some people’s ears more quickly than others’.
Those who were slow to get the news continued
to celebrate April 1 as the start of a new
year, inspiring others to mock them and refer
to them as “April fools.”
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