Have you ever stopped to think WHY you're Saran Wrapping a toilet seat on April Fools' Day?

Do you think the first time a man pranked his neighbor everyone reveled in the delight of it so much they decided to make a holiday out of it? Is that where April Fools' Day came from?

Well, it's as good a guess as any because the origins of this high jinx-filled holiday aren't entirely solidified. There are, however, some strong theories of how it came about.

The most popular theory of the holiday actually has Catholic origins: In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII replaced the widely used Julian calendar with the now currently instated Gregorian calendar. This moved the start of the year from April 1st to January 1st.

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