National Geographic

April Fools' Day Facts: Behind the Laughs

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/03/080328-april-fools.html"> <img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/080328-april-fools_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /> </a> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>Learn about the origin of April Fools' Day?a yearly ritual for pranksters to try out their best jokes?and how reality-based humor may get the last laugh.</p> </td> </tr></table>