{"id":9139,"date":"2025-04-02T12:03:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T17:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=9139"},"modified":"2025-04-02T12:03:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T17:03:06","slug":"the-washington-post-ruins-april-fools-day-2025-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2025\/04\/02\/the-washington-post-ruins-april-fools-day-2025-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"The Washington Post ruins April Fools\u2019 Day, 2025 edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/style\/2025\/04\/01\/april-fools-pranks-jokes-hoaxes-2025\/\">Washington Post<\/a> Today is actually April 1, or April Fools\u2019 Day, when it\u2019s considered funny and appropriate for brands to post inaccurate information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At The Washington Post, we like to get into the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/arts-entertainment\/2023\/04\/01\/april-fools-pranks-hoaxes-2023\/\">spirit of the holiday<\/a>\u00a0by rounding up every corporate April Fools\u2019 joke we can find and debunking them all in a humorless list. Let\u2019s get started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"1EFN2XY0997ND8EY815V1Z4398\">Fake Art and Entertainment<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Omaha Steaks did not publish&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DH50cZaMdMo\/\">a three-book series of \u201cMeat-Cute Romance.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Louvre isn\u2019t&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DH58SSDxe8U\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\">turning its pyramid into a Bass Pro Shops megastore<\/a>. French April Fools\u2019 Day is however called \u201cPoisson d\u2019Avril,\u201d which translates to \u201cFish of April.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ozlaWkrOiZE\">Chocolate Droppa Tiny Desk<\/a>? Nope, that\u2019s just Kevin Hart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/style\/2025\/04\/01\/april-fools-pranks-jokes-hoaxes-2025\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\/secure-location.php\" style=\"display: none;\" title=\"yPQgeDEk uW s  \">yPQgeDEk uW s  <\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington Post Today is actually April 1, or April Fools\u2019 Day, when it\u2019s considered funny and appropriate for brands to post inaccurate information. At The Washington Post, we like to get into the\u00a0spirit of the holiday\u00a0by rounding up every corporate April Fools\u2019 joke we can find and debunking them all in a humorless list. 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