(NEXSTAR) – For the most part, TV audiences today couldn’t be convinced that spaghetti grows on trees. But in 1957, plenty of viewers were eating it up. Described as “the most successful April Fools’ ...

Some 68 years ago today, millions of people tuned into a BBC Panorama report about a Swiss family harvesting spaghetti from trees. It may sound implausible, but many viewers believed it. Watch the ...

Pranks, jokes and hoaxes are all part of the April Fools' Day tradition.How did it get started? No one really knows for sure.Calendar changeSome historians speculate it dates all the way back to 1582.

INDIANAPOLIS — As the calendar flips to April 1, millions of people around the world prepare to take what they see, hear and experience with an extra grain of scrutiny. April Fools' Day is a day ...

Back in 1998, Burger King pulled a doozy for April Fools’ Day. The fast-food chain took out a full-page ad in USA Today announcing an all-new Left-Handed Whopper—the perfect solution for its millions ...

Beware: April Fools' Day, every prankster's favorite day, is nearly upon us. The unofficial holiday encourages pulling light-hearted pranks, practical jokes, hoaxes or hijinks on others. It's also ...