On this day in 1700, English pranksters begin popularizing the annual tradition of April Fools’ Day by playing practical jokes on each other.Although the day, also called All Fools’ Day, has been celebrated for several centuries by different cultures, its exact origins remain a mystery. Some historians speculate that April Fools’ Day dates back to 1582, when France switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar, as called for by the Council of Trent in 1563. People who were slow to get the news or failed to recognize that the start of the new year had moved to January 1 and continued to celebrate it during the last week of March through April 1 became the butt of jokes and hoaxes. These included having paper fish placed on their backs and being referred to as “poisson d’avril” (April fish), said to symbolize a young, easily caught fish and a gullible person.



April Fools’ Day spread throughout Britain during the 18th century. In Scotland, the tradition became a two-day event, starting with “hunting the gowk,” in which people were sent on fool's errands (gowk is a word for cuckoo bird, a symbol for fool) and followed by Tailie Day, which involved pranks played on people’s derrieres, such as pinning fake tails or attaching “kick me” signs on them.



In modern times, people have gone to great lengths to create elaborate April Fools’ Day hoaxes. Newspapers, radio and TV stations and Web sites have participated in the April 1 tradition of reporting outrageous fictional claims that have fooled their audiences. In 1957, the BBC reported that Swiss farmers were experiencing a record spaghetti crop and showed footage of people harvesting noodles from trees; numerous viewers were fooled. 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.




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Boluu:
You need to operate this Boom j8 bro,

it's not the matter of operating it. It's the overhyping that is the problem

People Can't differentiate between top local and top international. The iTunes store you see when in Nigeria is strictly for Nigeria so the charts you see is based on the users in Nigeria. Lalasticlala please remove this from front page and stop the mis-information

First Tecno tries to pull stunts with their camon c8 now this. This company is a joke. Both phones are not even close* to the same league

PhoneGist:


The same way someone said I am.literraly tecno

I really don't need to prove anything just stating facts.Nice review though !

PhoneGist:


The same way someone said I am.literraly tecno

I really don't need to prove anything just stating fact.Nice review though !

PhoneGist:


The same way someone said I am.literraly tecno

I really don't need to prove anything just stating fact.

Phone gist is literally Misstechy.

Phone gist is literally Misstechy.I will check it out though

Is it possible to upgrade without losing data, I have the means to but I presently don't have an external hard disk.

bobo65:

How can u say s5 is better than J7?
Don't forget this is a newer device

Newer doesn't mean better. Can you compare your j7 to even note 3

OP must be joking, if I buy this at 50k;How much will I buy LG g3, s5 which are obviously better than this phone.

Reminiscing on the Bad old days.... When we Nigerians were outrageously cheated.... Sim card almost 30k plus..... Samsung blue face was sold above 40k. The call tariff was absolutely high way robbery... We used it with pride then

Yellow

He's probably one of tecno's promoters chunking out outrageous stories to promote the brand indirectly. Smh

I subbed for this plan out of curiosity and used a data monitor to see my usage;I discovered that it's actually 1.5gb.

The visafone network has been acquired by the mtn. I doubt the validity of this offer

romoruyi:
No matter how informed you are, there are posts in nairaland you have not seen that are old news to others. Not unless there is a motive behind the point you are trying to make but then smarter ones has come and gone but neva said anything.

it gets annoying when people keep posting same content over and over again am sure almost all that visit nairaland regularly has seen what was posted by the O.P what's the originality in that. so what's your point exactly am pretty sure you posted because you needed traffic

romoruyi:
No matter how informed you are, there are posts in nairaland you have not seen that are old news to others. Not unless there is a motive behind the point you are trying to make but then smarter ones has come and gone but neva said anything.

it gets annoying when people keep posting same content over and over again am sure almost all that visit nairaland regularly has seen what was posted by the O.P what's the originality in that. so what's your point exactly am pretty sure you posted because you needed traffic

This is not a new info. Its been reported several times

There is nothing wrong with your phone. What is missing is your stock charger;without the stock charger your phone will charge very slow due to the absence of the flash charging. The best thing for you to do is to get a 2 Ampere original charger or if possible get the stock CHARGER. With the stock charger, there should be two thunderbolt indicating that flash charging is in progress. GOOD LUCK

yemmy75:

That's not proven. That's the same kind of mentality that makes parents think teaching adolescents about sex would encourage them to experiment.

The sexual part is an entirely different thing. Most teenagers of nowadays * will mostly partake in what I've stated. It's all based on the type of kid you have. It's not just advisable to teach driving to your child without critically observing his/her character.

Amiee99:


I learnt how to drive at 12. Four years later, I've not tried any adventurous stunt. It's just the mindest of the child.

Hard to believe though. Most teenagers seek adventures I guess you're not the adventurous type.

This is actually an illegal thing to do. If the child is being taught how to drive a car at that age he/she will ultimately attempt an adventure with the car with can sometimes lead to serious consequences.

it is very obvious that op is one of the numerous tecno publicity agent ✔

Cette fille est vraiment en train de faire une grande. Lalasticlala nous allons encourager les bonnes choses

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prahcetomi:
Please....HELP me.....My laptop is connected to the internet already with my universal Modem,bt the browsers are not working.when I tested the troubleshooting,the problem was dat m using an incorrect DNS or something like dat...DNS ish sha..........please what do I do?....even though its an EDGE network...nd m using Glo.

Make sure you check your apn well it's either on glo flat or secure, Also reset the browser settings if you might have tampered with them

Am sure d'banj will record high sales with his "koko garri"

May God comfort her.... RIP

May God comfort her.... RIP

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I tried *474*1# it prompted am not eligible and then I proceeded by dialing *474# and prompted insufficient balance does that mean am eligible for this plan ?