The BBC pulled off what is possibly the greatest April Fool's Day prank ever in 1957 when they aired a report on the spaghetti harvest in Switzerland. At the time, pasta was not all that common in Britain, and a lot of people believed it. Read more about the prank here.

This is supposedly the history of April Fool's Day, although you might not believe a word of it, considering. While the history is explained to us, we see a bunch of examples of pranks illustrated. These can cost you a friendship.

Vocal Group MayTree does it all orally. (via Laughing Squid)

Sid the cockatoo must consider it his job to remove Dave's glasses. He hates the eyeglasses! No, wait, Sid thinks it's loads of fun.  He's quite proud of himself! You won't be able to help but laugh at this prankster. (via Tastefully Offensive)

Laurence Brown of Lost in the Pond takes a look at the US map and addresses the quirks of state boundaries, namely those dangling rectangles that we call panhandles. These are even stranger than the squiggly lines of those borders, because they don't have much of anything to do with natural geography like mountains or rivers. Every one of these panhandles has a story behind it, or what he calls a "ridiculously complex history." Some have to do with the military conquests between England, Spain, and France for American territory as the US was formed. Others are due to political machinations during the time the borders were drawn, because there have always been competition between states, for one reason or another. Or between countries, in the case of Alaska's panhandle. Some of these disputes are still going on the in the 21st century! There's a 45-second skippable ad at 2:47.

The explosion of channels that came with cable TV more than 40 years ago meant that suddenly there were hundreds and hundreds of people on TV every day, working to fill those channels with 24/7 content. It only stands to reason that some of those folks would end up being arrested for murder., even multiple murders. In some cases, it was only after they were arrested that their TV appearances were discovered in the archives and took on a whole new aura. No, you didn't know there was something suspicious about that fellow when you saw him on a game show- you just think that now that we know the truth. The implication is that any one of those people you see on TV on any given day could be harboring secrets that would give you the willies. Weird History tells us the stories of seven killers who had previously been on TV, mostly for something completely different. Strangely, a couple of these appearances are not only available, but have also been recreated for later movies or TV shows.

The skits write themselves these days. In the opening the last night's Saturday Night Live, three high school girls are inadvertently added to a government group chat where material that should be classified is discussed openly, with a lot of emojis. I suspect Matt Gaetz may be the nexus that explains this.

Obi-wan doesn't remember R2D2, but the droid remembers, and those memories are painful. But you have to remember that Obi-wan in his old age fed Luke a lot of other BS, too.  And then he wanted to get out of this awful movie hurt Vader by turning Luke against him so bad that he committed suicide by Vader. Still, poor R2! (via Geeks Are Sexy)

A lovely animated story by artist Ann Farley. The man who mends things helped so many people that they came together to help him in the end. That's the way kindness works. (via Nag on the Lake)