Did you realize that there is a national holiday that is all about lying and deception? It's April Fools’ Day. April Fools’ Day began in 1700, when English pranksters began popularizing the annual tradition of April Fools’ Day by playing practical jokes on each other. In today’s world, April Fools’ Day is a light-hearted day where people will play pranks and try to get people to believe ridiculous things. In other words, people straight up lie to others and it is socially acceptable. There are even big name companies that will lie to the public as an April Fools’ joke. According to History.com, in 1985, Sports Illustrated tricked many of its readers when it ran a made-up article about a rookie pitcher named Sidd Finch who could throw a fastball over 168 miles per hour. In 1996, Taco Bell, the fast-food restaurant chain, duped people when it announced it had agreed to purchase Philadelphia’s Liberty Bell and intended to rename it the Taco Liberty Bell. In 1998, after Burger King advertised a “Left-Handed Whopper,” scores of clueless customers requested the fake sandwich. April Fools' Day is a day where everyone is okay with being lied to and pranked because this specific light-hearted holiday was meant for it.
"April Fools Tradition Popularized." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2016.
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