Double Meanings
To make a selection.
A piece of plastic used to play a string instrument.
Pick
On April 1, 2016, comptroller Glenn Hegar tweeted this "Lone Star State" would begin issuing its own currency.
Texas
On April 1, 2004, Google's announcement for its new email service was mistaken as a prank due to its previously unheard-of storage space: one whole GB.
Gmail
Aubrey Plaza plays this perpetually sarcastic intern on Parks and Recreation.
April Ludgate
Nirvana's breakout single changed the face of rock forever with it's grungy quiet-loud dynamics and lyrics describing a girl forced to work at a mystical bathhouse after her parents are turned into pigs by an evil witch.
Smells Like Teen Spirited Away
To prevent contact.
A subdivision of a neighborhood.
Block
On April 1, 1957, the BBC played a news program purportedly showing a family in southern Switzerland harvesting this pasta from trees.
Spaghetti
The announcement that this satirical news website had won a Peabody Award landed, fittingly, on April 1, 2009.
The Onion
This boy crazy eldest daughter from Bob's Burgers is known for her monotone delivery, and her obsession with zombies, horses, and writing "friend fiction" about her classmates.
Tina Belcher
This hit song from the Backstreet Boys combined a contagious dance-pop beat with lyrics describing an eccentric scientist building a time machine out of a DeLorean.
To observe something with intention, or with difficulty.
An equal in social standing, age, or demographic.
Peer
On April 1, 2016, this monthly environmental magazine announced via Twitter that they would no longer be publishing photographs of naked animals.
National Geographic
On April 1, 2021, this judge for The Voice and frontman for the Black Eyed Peas claimed in an interview to be a "liquitarian", stating "I don't chew food on Mondays."
Stevie Budd
This sitcom from 2000 depicted a dysfunctional working class family and stars Frankie Muniz as a child prodigy making his way through JRR Tolkien's fantasy world.
Malcolm in the Middle Earth
To take a quick look.
To bounce off of something at an angle.
Glance
On April 1, 1996, Taco Bell took out a full-page advertisement in seven major newspapers announcing that they had purchased this US landmark to "reduce the country's debt".
The Liberty Bell
Hard rock fans everywhere were stunned on April 1, 1985 when David Lee Roth announced he was quitting this band to pursue a career as a movie star.
Van Halen
This intelligent and sarcastic high schooler was a breakout character from Beavis and Butthead, and became so popular that she ended up in her own spinoff series.
Daria Morgendorffer
Kurt Vonnegut's non-chronological war novel follows Billy Pilgrim, a traumatized soldier who becomes unstuck in time and finds himself traveling to this fast food chain that focuses on burgers, fries, and hot dogs.
Slaughterhouse-Five Guys
To make someone feel admiration or respect.
To place a mark on a piece of material using a stamp or seal.
Impress
On April 1, 1969, the Netherlands' public broadcast announced that inspectors with remote scanners would drive the streets to detect people who had not paid their radio/TV tax, and the only way to prevent detection was to wrap the TV/radio in this household product, leading to a mass shortage in stores the next day.
Aluminum foil
A study published on April 1, 2019 claimed mosquito bites can be avoided by listening to electronic music, specifically music by this US dubstep artist.
Skrillex
Pepper Ann's younger sister is constantly mistaken for a boy due to her androgynous appearance and low, monotone voice, though she never is bothered by this and spends most of her time skating and reading comic books.
Moose Pearson
This poem penned by Walt Whitman gained a new life in Dead Poet's Society, and was originally written as an ode to this tighty-whitey wearing comedy superhero.
O Captain, My Captain Underpants