I had a quick look around for April Fools Day stuff - it is no doubt being done to death but this made me laugh - during the 18th & 19th centuries a popular prank was to invite people to the Washing of the Lions at the Tower of London. They fell for it !
Here is further information on the the Washing of the Lions and more on the origin of April Fools Day from the marvellously named Museum of Hoaxes. There is an online Hoaxipedia. Before I looked into this I didn't know there was a Museum of Hoaxes.
The physician William Harvey was born on April the 1st 1578. He described the systematic circulation and properties of blood. He had a very distinguished medical career and was made Physician Extraordinary to King James in 1618. His great work De Motu Cordis was published in Frankfurt in 1628.
This fabulous image courtesy of Wikipedia is at the National Portrait Gallery.
Oliver Pollock is said to have created the dollar sign on this day in 1778. $$$
Two young men named Steve started up a company called Apple on April the 1st 1976. Have a look here at the report in Time Magazine. Here is a link to the Apple Museum, this fabulous image, the first Apple logo, courtesy of Wikipedia.
Right I'll step away from my Mac, pick up my iPhone.......
Milan Kundera and Ali MacGraw have a birthday today - 1929 and 1938.
Today is the Feast Day of Saint Macarius the Wonder-Worker.
It's tempting to come up with an April Fools barmy recipe but I can't think of any, I saw an odd image of a French flower fish so I thought of fish - I love mackerel, I love beetroot and I love them together, here.
It's tempting to come up with an April Fools barmy recipe but I can't think of any, I saw an odd image of a French flower fish so I thought of fish - I love mackerel, I love beetroot and I love them together, here.
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