April Fools Archives - Yellow Scene Magazine https://yellowscene.com/tag/april-fools/ North Metro Diversions Fri, 17 Mar 2023 20:51:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 https://yellowscene.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-DefaultBlogArt-1-32x32.jpg April Fools Archives - Yellow Scene Magazine https://yellowscene.com/tag/april-fools/ 32 32 French’s 5 | March 2023 https://yellowscene.com/2023/03/16/frenchs-5-march-2023/ https://yellowscene.com/2023/03/16/frenchs-5-march-2023/#respond Thu, 16 Mar 2023 16:00:51 +0000 https://yellowscene.com/?p=61888 This month: Five fun (and funny) facts related to April Fools Day. No, really. We're not fooling around with these.

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This month: Five Facts for April Fools!

April Fools Day dates back to 1563 when France switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar and everyone who didn’t was mocked.

In 1957, BBC reported a bumper “spaghetti crop.”

In 2008, WestJet Airlines advertised overhead bins as “sleeper cabins.”

In 1996, Taco Bell announced they bought the Liberty Bell.

In 1992, NPR announced Richard Nixon was running for POTUS again.

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