On the northern slope of a hill in southern England near the village of Woolstone is an

artifact from another era.

It's a drawing of an enormous horse, at least 3,000 years old, in over 350 feet long.

Thanks to the white chalk that fills the artwork in, it's been known for centuries as the

white horse of Uffington.

This past April, the National Trust in southern England announced that it had made a new exciting

discovery on the hill, a second chalk figure, nearly as large, that depicted another regional

animal, the duck.

Now, I love Uffington.

I've been there twice in the last decade, and it's one of my favorite places in all

of England, so I felt compelled to read the full article.

But when I did, I was surprised by what I found.

While the article and a company video were published on March 31st, they were promoted

on social media the following day, April 1st.

The duck, you see, was an April Fools Day joke.

Now I'll admit, I was more than a bit relieved.

The white horse is special, after all.

And every year on the 1st of April, countless jokes are played out on the local and national

level all around the world, taking our expectations and assumptions for a ride.

Google might just be the biggest perpetrator of the last few years, spending what some

think is millions of dollars to create fake product videos, elaborate prototypes, and

full on websites.

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