April Fool’s Day
April Fool's Day falls on April 1, and the tidy origin story about a calendar change that everybody repeats is almost certainly not true.
April 1
7 holidays
Edible Book Festival
The Edible Book Festival falls on April 1, when people build books out of food, photograph them, and then eat the entries.
Fun Day
Fun Day falls on April 1, and the research points somewhere counterintuitive: the things people remember enjoying were mildly difficult, not effortless.
One Cent Day
One Cent Day falls on April 1, marking a coin that cost more than a cent to produce for years before the United States finally stopped making it.
Poetry And The Creative Mind Day
Poetry and the Creative Mind Day falls on April 1, opening National Poetry Month, and the line break is the one tool prose does not have.
Reading Is Funny Day
Reading Is Funny Day falls on April 1, and given a free choice, the children who say they dislike reading pick funny books above everything else.
Sourdough Bread Day
Sourdough Bread Day falls on April 1, and a starter is not an ingredient but a stable ecosystem of two organisms that keep everything else out.