April Fool's Day: Google, Spaghetti Trees and Sidd Finch

This episode of Hoax is no fun at all. April Fool's! For our (almost) April 1 episode, we explore the holiday's origins and some of the best pranks of the 20th and 21st centuries: Google's various exploits (Pokemon Go!), that time the BBC produced a piece on Spaghetti Trees, and the Curious Case of Sidd Finch, the Mets pitcher who could throw 168 MPH.

SOURCES:

https://www.rutgers.edu/news/how-did-april-fools-day-get-started

https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2016/03/april-fools/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2013/04/01/king-kugel-an-april-fools-history-lesson/

https://frenchmoments.eu/april-fools-day-traditions-in-france-le-1er-avril/

https://bylines.scot/society/hunt-the-gowk-day/

https://www.scotsmagazine.com/articles/hunt-the-gowk-april-fools-scotland/

https://www.icelandreview.com/news/iceland-celebrates-april-fools%E2%80%99-day/

https://www.businessinsider.com/google-cancels-april-fools-day-pranks-coronavirus-2021-3

https://www.si.com/mlb/2014/10/15/curious-case-sidd-finch

https://www.si.com/mlb/2014/10/21/si-60-curious-case-sidd-finch-mark-mulvoy-myra-gelband