The Origin Of April Fools Day

History Is Dank

All Things Comedy

Comedy, Education, History

5.0 • 584 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Is April Fools the ultimate Dad Joke or is there something more to it? When and why did it start. Who was the first dude to get fooled? The exact origin is unclear, but clues can be found in Rome and even Ancient Egypt. Strider also explores the biggest April Fools pranks in modern history.

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Sources: history.com, history.co.uk, imdb.com, The Intellectual Devotional by David S. Kidder and Noah D. Oppenheim 2010

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0:00.0	Go for it.
0:02.2	Frigin what up, dude.
0:03.6	Strider Wilson, I'm the host of this podcast.
0:05.7	That's mine.
0:06.2	It's going to be called History is Nank.
0:09.4	History is Dank with Stranger Wilson.
0:17.2	Dagnet is from the podcast.
0:22.5	Frigan what up, dude.
0:24.9	Welcome back to another ep of history is dank.
0:26.1	Dude, I'm your host, Strider Wilson.
0:29.0	We got Aaron going on beast mode on the sticks, dude.
0:29.6	What up?
0:32.5	Freaking post it up right now, dude.
0:40.5	Actually, dude, Aaron, dude, I got to leave right now, actually, let's, I got to leave right now actually let's stop recording psych dude April fools.
0:44.2	Classic. Classic April fools today we're getting into the origin of April fools and I'll tell you
0:52.2	this when I was growing up the April Fool's, and I'll tell you this, when I was growing up, the April Fool's pranks, I was annoyed.
0:59.4	I would say, shut up.
1:01.1	I was like an old man.
1:02.7	I would strap my Velcro shoes.
1:05.3	I'd put on my transition lenses.
1:08.7	I'd adjust my adult diaper.
1:13.2	With shit.
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