Episode 2891
April Fools' Day
Wed, 2025-Apr-02 01:35 UTC
Length - 1:25
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Welcome to Popular Wiki of the Day, spotlighting Wikipedia's most visited pages, giving you a peek into what the world is curious about today.
With 407,365 views on Tuesday, 1 April 2025 our article of the day is April Fools' Day.
April Fools' Day or April Fool's Day
(sometimes called All Fools' Day) is an annual custom on 1 April consisting of practical jokes and hoaxes. Jokesters often expose their actions by shouting "April Fool[s]!" at the recipient. Mass media can be involved with these pranks, which may be revealed as such the following day. The custom of setting aside a day for playing harmless pranks upon one's neighbour has been relatively common in the world historically.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:35 UTC on Wednesday, 2 April 2025.
For the full current version of the article, see April Fools' Day on Wikipedia.
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