1 April Fool’s Day is an annual custom consisting of pranks and hoaxes. Towards the end of medieval banquets, these ‘April Fools’ were thrown in the faces of those judged the most stupid people around the table. In St Petersburg, Russia, an April Fool is chosen by a secret committee appointed by the president. ‘The King was all a-chuckle for the rest of the day.’4 The Royal April Fool tradition continues to this day. At Whipsnade Zoo on April Fool’s Day in 2017, a keeper reported that, in an attempt to scare its fellow birds, a flamingo had dressed up as a kangaroo and had begun hopping about.

Source: Daily Mail April 01, 2021 00:56 UTC