April fools pranks to do at home, school, work: Every year on April 1, messages start flying, phones buzz a little more than usual, and someone somewhere is already falling for a prank before ...

April Fool's Day jokes are fun up until the person telling them becomes the punchline. Some companies have discovered their innocent shenanigans failed to delight audiences and instead tarnished their ...

April Fool’s Day is the perfect excuse to shake things up with a hint of harmless mischief on the side. But the best pranks are not always about embarrassment; they’re about laughter and surprise. On ...

Back in 1998, Burger King pulled a doozy for April Fools’ Day. The fast-food chain took out a full-page ad in USA Today announcing an all-new Left-Handed Whopper—the perfect solution for its millions ...

Welcome to the worst day on the internet! As Chaim Gartenberg pointed out years ago, brands and a holiday dedicated to hoaxes are rarely a winning combo. If you’re a company with any kind of social ...

T-Mobile releases a cologne that smells like a phone (not really), Fortnite allows llama riding (yes, really), Warhammer: The Musical and more. CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and ...

"Real Housewives of New York City" alumna Bethenny Frankel is not a big fan of April Fools' Day. One reason she's not a supporter of the unofficial holiday is that "I scare easily," she told USA TODAY ...

Note: An earlier version of this story first published in April 2024. This version has been updated for 2026. April Fool's Day jokes are fun up until the person telling them becomes the punchline.