A BBC tourism segment once convinced hundreds that spaghetti grew on trees. Learn the delightfully absurd story behind the ...

It's true the public was significantly more straightforward back in the day. But this 1957 episode is actually far more ...

On April 1, 1957 the BBC aired the spaghetti-hoax story -a joke described as "the most successful April Fool's Day prank of all time." ...

The lies one wants to enjoy on April Fools’ Day are fleeting and free of malice. In an age when the distinction between truth ...

Don't believe everything you see on ...

The most funny part of that legendary BBC April Fools moment isn't the joke itself but how so many people fell for it.

History loves a good trick. Before internet rumors and viral posts, elaborate hoaxes traveled through newspapers, museums, lecture halls, and radio waves.

April Fools’ Day is a funny one. Developed over centuries, it’s a tradition that gives people the permission to prank. Some ...

The funniest and most iconic April Fools’ Day food pranks of all time include a spoof from Burger King, Google, Taco Bell, ...

April Fool’s probably started in 1582, when much of Europe switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar, which moved New Year’s from April 1 to Jan. 1. Those that still clung to the old calendar ...

One April, oh so long ago, a former co-worker informed me that Denver Broncos wide receiver Ed McCaffrey was in The Gazette ...

April Fools’ Day is known worldwide as the day when one can poke harmless fun at others by pulling a prank. Studies show that ...