april fool's day

I tend to be pretty leery of most things I see on Facebook claiming to be factual, and with today being April Fools Day, my "B.S. Detector" was on high alert. So when I saw the Evansville Police Department claim to enter into a partnership with local satire news page, The Tri-State Beet on their Facebook page, I was instantly skeptical.

Yesterday was April Fools' Day.  Any joke pulled on social media is always unfunny.  But back in 2002, before social media was even a term, we had to get creative and do more than fake a pregnancy to pull off a great April Fool's Day prank...

Part April Fool's joke, part viral promotion for their upcoming apocalypse film 'This is the End,' James Franco and Seth Rogen made a sequel trailer to their cultish comedy, 'Pineapple Express.' Which might have angered and confused anyone who smoked a bowl in celebration before watching the trailer in its entirety.

It's April Fool's Day today (no, seriously!), which in recent years has morphed into God's gift to the Internet. Today, sites everywhere are doing their best to prank unsuspecting users, and we'll be the first to admit that we've fallen for a few of them. (Thanks, Google!) As such, we've pulled together the best jokes and gags across the web that will have you laughing all the way to April 2. Read