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April fools day speculated origin. When the world switched to the Gregorian calendar from the Julian calender, new year was moved to January 1. The ones that were slow to adopt to the change and still celebrated new year on April 1 were called fools.

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Fun Fact: April fools day speculated origin. When the world switched to the Gregorian calendar from the Julian calender, new year was moved to January 1. The ones that were slow to adopt to the change and still celebrated new year on April 1 were called fools.

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