Happy April Fools’ Day! This day in history and a few fun quotes.

• 1816 Jane Austen declines royal writing advice.
• 2004 – In one of the best April Fool’s jokes ever, Google launched a real product.
• 1776 Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense.

“Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever. – Charles Lamb, cited in Wordsworth Book of Humorous Quotations.”

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