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April Fools Day: King Kong
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[One] explanation of the origins of April Fools' Day was provided by Joseph Boskin, a professor of history at Boston University. He explained that the practice began during the reign of Constantine, when a group of court jesters and fools told the Roman emperor that they could do a better job of running the empire. Constantine, amused, allowed a jester named Kugel to be king for one day. Kugel passed an edict calling for absurdity on that day, and the custom became an annual event.
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In British a folklore, a link had been made to April Fools Day to the town of Gotham a legendary town of fools located in Nottinghamshire. The legend reveals that in the thirteenth-century, any road on which the King travelled became public property. The Gotham citizens did not wanted to loose their main road to the King, spread a false story to stop King John from travelling through heir town. King John learning about the deception send a messenger to Gotham and demanded an explanation. When the messenger arrived in Gotham he noticed that the town was full of lunatics who were engaged in foolish activities, such as drowning fish, attempting to cage a birds in roofless fences, etc. (though, of course, their foolery was all an act).
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Jack Black (King Kong) is hosting this April Fools Day event that will certainly have some pranks. All the celebrities who take part in this event get slimed with green goo, to the
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