April Fool's Day: Two Truths and a Lie! 🤪

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🗓️ 1 April 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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🤪 We're in the April Fool's Day spirit! Can you spot the prank in today’s two truths and a lie episode? It's harder than you think. 🏄‍♂️ Does surfer Dana McGregor really give surfing lessons to kids with the help of two goats named Pismo and Grover? 🔔 Did fast food company Taco Bell really purchase the Liberty Bell and rename the US landmark the Taco Liberty Bell? ⭐️ Did a huge star in a galaxy 75 million light-years away really just disappear? Listen until the end to find out if you got it right! 💯 Want even more awesome content from The Ten News? Join The Ten'ers Club today! 📝 Sign up for The Ten News-letter! 📸 Join us on Instagram 🔔 Discover the truth about whether Taco Bell really purchased the Liberty Bell in 1996! ✍️ Find a full copy of the transcript for today's episode here Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	10. 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
0:07.0	From surfing goats to disappearing stars.
0:10.0	In the next 10 minutes, we'll figure out what's real and what isn't.
0:14.0	I'm Bethany Vandelle.
0:16.0	No, I'm Bethany Vandelle.
0:18.0	I'm Bethany Vandelt.
0:20.0	No, I'm Bethany Vandalt. Fooled ya, I'm Bethany Van Delft. I'm Bethany Van Delft. No, I'm Bethany Van Delft.
0:22.9	Fooled you.
0:23.9	I'm Bethany Van Delft.
0:25.6	And this is the 10 News, April Fool's Day edition.
0:35.0	We've got a fun episode for you today, but before we get to that, let's talk about why we have this odd little holiday called April Fool's Day anyway.
0:46.2	What's all the hubbub?
0:47.6	The exact origin of the holiday is kind of a mystery.
0:51.3	Some historians point to the year 1582, when Pope Gregory the 13th changed the date of New mystery. Some historians point to the year 1582 when Pope Gregory the 13th changed the
0:57.7	date of New Year's Day in France. Not a prank. He actually did that. Okay. Based on Pope
1:04.6	Gregory's new Gregorian calendar, New Year's Day, which used to be celebrated on April 1st with the beginning of spring,
1:12.6	was changed to January 1st. He didn't make the change just to have a calendar named after himself.
1:19.8	He did it to re-sync the calendar to the seasons and to keep Easter close to the spring equinox.
1:27.3	Since no one had social media at the time,
1:30.9	news of the change traveled slowly,
1:33.3	and some people kept celebrating New Year's Day on April 1st.
1:36.9	Those people were called, wait for it, April fools.
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