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April Fools’ Day is a strange tradition that dates back hundreds of years

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56% Informative

Calgary 's Daily Herald has been reporting on April Fools ’ Day tricks in its early years of the 1880s and 1890s .

Early stories of hoaxes going back to times of Chaucer and Ancient Rome .

The Museum of Hoaxes ranks the best April 1 tricks of all time based on creativity and notoriety.

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56

Informative language

57

Neutral language

39

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

31

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not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

long-living

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