The History of April Fool’s Day

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Jon asks a question and gets one hell of an answer. Prepare yourself for the wildest explanation of history yet.

Source: "April Fools' Day: Origin and History," by David Johnson and Shmuel Ross, via infoplease.com (http://www.infoplease.com/spot/aprilfools1.html)

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