April Fool's Day

April Fool's Day was introduced by the United Nations in 1974 to raise international awareness of the growing problem of idiocy. It was originally to be called International Idiocy Day and was to be held on April 17th but pro-idiocy campaigners successfully argued that idiots would not understand the words 'international' or 'idiocy' and would struggle to count to 17 and so the occasion was moved to April 1st and renamed April Fool's Day. It has been held successfully every year since but research shows that idiocy rates have not fallen and, in many Western countries, might actually be increasing.