# April Fools day question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-day-question/165853>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 2, 2003, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-day-question/165853 "2003-04-02T01:49:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![insider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@insider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/insider)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-day-question/165853/1 "2003-04-02T01:49:23Z")

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Who started this moronic day? No pun intended. Why April, why fools?

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**Author:** ![brianmelendez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@brianmelendez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianmelendez)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-day-question/165853/2 "2003-04-02T01:57:46Z")

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From [snopes.com](http://snopes.com): [April Fool’s Day](http://www.snopes.com/holidays/april/aprlfool.htm).