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Ancient cultures celebrated New Year's Day on or around April 1, which roughly
coincides with the beginning of spring. In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII ordered a new calendar,
which called for New Year's Day to be celebrated on January 1. (However, many people,
either refusing to accept the new date or not having heard about it, 17 to celebrate New
Year's Day on April 1. Other people began to make fun of these traditionalists, sending them
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tradition of making 20 reports in order to fool their audiences. The BBC once reported that
Swiss farmers were experiencing a spaghetti crop and showed scenes of people harvesting
noodles from trees. Guess what? Numerous viewers were fooled.
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