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While I’d be a true fool to compete with Google or YouTube in the realm of playing April Fool’s Day jokes, I will point out some interesting trivia about the springtime tradition; believe at your own risk.

• How did April Fool’s Day get its name?
• Traditionally, in some countries, the jokes only last until noon. If you play a trick on someone after this time you are the April Fool. (source)
• If you were born on April Fool’s Day what does it mean?
• In 1998, Burger King ran an ad in USA Today, saying that people could get a Whopper for left-handed people whose condiments were designed to drip out of the right side. Not only did customers order the new burgers, but some specifically requested the “old”, right-handed burger. (source)
• How did April Fool’s Day evolve?
• The frequency of April Fools’ hoaxes sometimes makes people doubt real news stories released on April 1st. (source)

Even before April Fools’ Day, a lot of bloggers were linking to WikiAnswers to help readers with the definition of getting Rickrolled. I’m going to lay it all out here, as defined on WikiAnswers, since Rickrolling has been happening in all corners of the interwebs. The following is my favorite answer of the bunch:

What does it mean to be Rickrolled?

Rickrolled is an internet phenomenon which happens when a hapless internet surfer clicks on a link with a promising headline such as, “check out this vid of hot chicks in panties!”. However, after clicking the link, you will be brought to the music video of the 80′s pop star Rick Astley performing the song “Never Gonna Give You Up”.

Honestly, I didn’t know what Rickrolling was until I started realizing that it was a popular question on WikiAnswers. Cathy Adamkiewicz defined Rickroll for April Fools’, as did Ctl Alt Banana, Online Dating Insider, Soniq and The Quill and Nail.

I’ve been struggling to come up with a good April Fools’ Day post, but it occurred to me that just about every blog post to no.stupid.answers is a joke (at least, every Wednesday is).

Instead I will share a series of serious questions on a very important topic that must be spread:

• Who is Hannah Montana’s boyfriend?
• Who is Hannah Montana’s neighbor?
• Where does Hannah Montana live?
• Who is Hannah Montana’s sister?
• Where does Hannah Montana shop?
• What are opinions of the Hannah Montana TV show?
• Are there auditions for Hannah Montana?
• Why is Elmo’s costume red?

Ah, well. Old habits die hard.

Also, check out this April Fools’ WikiAnswers mention by the awesomeness that is Eli Feldblum of RankAbove fame.

Don’t be a fool on April Fools’ Day! Check out our stash of jokes and riddles on WikiAnswers and be prepared:

• Why cant leopards play hide and seek?
• What did the dirt say to the rain?
• What’s the height of stupidity?
• What is the first thing a gorilla learns in school?

Got some great jokes? Looking for some new material? Share your punch lines or get some new ones from the WikiAnswers community.

And watch your back tomorrow… we’ve got our eyes on you!