April Fools' Day

E41387
annual event cultural observance informal holiday

April Fools' Day is an annual informal holiday on April 1 marked by practical jokes, hoaxes, and playful pranks.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
April Fools' Day canonical 2
April Fools PEPs 1

Statements (112)

Predicate Object
instanceOf annual event ⓘ
cultural observance ⓘ
informal holiday ⓘ
alsoKnownAs All Fools' Day ⓘ
associatedWith corporate prank announcements ⓘ
fake news stories ⓘ
internet memes ⓘ
media hoaxes ⓘ
commonlyUsedBy brands ⓘ
news organizations ⓘ
social media users ⓘ
websites ⓘ
custom revealing the joke by saying "April Fools" ⓘ
date April 1 ⓘ
encourages critical thinking about information sources ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
hasNoOfficialStatusIn most countries ⓘ
observedIn Africa ⓘ
Argentina ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
Australia ⓘ
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh

Belgium ⓘ
Bolivia ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
China ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ
Costa Rica ⓘ
Czech Republic ⓘ
Dominican Republic ⓘ
Ecuador ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
El Salvador ⓘ
European Union ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Guatemala ⓘ
Honduras ⓘ
Hong Kong, China ⓘ
surface form: Hong Kong

Hungary ⓘ
India ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
Lebanon ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
Nicaragua ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Nordic countries ⓘ
North America ⓘ
Oceania ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Panama ⓘ
Paraguay ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
Puerto Rico ⓘ
Romania ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
Slovakia ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
South America ⓘ
South Korea ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ
surface form: Taiwan

Thailand ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
United Arab Emirates ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Uruguay ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam

many countries worldwide ⓘ
purpose entertainment ⓘ
humor ⓘ
social bonding ⓘ
relatedTo hoax ⓘ
humor ⓘ
jokes ⓘ
prank culture ⓘ
satire ⓘ
risk eroding trust ⓘ
misinformation ⓘ
offending people ⓘ
theme fooling people ⓘ
mocking gullibility ⓘ
playful deception ⓘ
timeOfYear spring in the Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
typicalActivity hoaxes ⓘ
light-hearted deception ⓘ
playful pranks ⓘ
practical jokes ⓘ
spreading false stories ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

April → hasHoliday → April Fools' Day ⓘ
PEP 0 → hasSection → April Fools' Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: April Fools PEPs
All Fools' Day → hasAlternativeName → April Fools' Day ⓘ