nPosted on April 1, 2020
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nLast year, the people of Budapest, Hungary, celebrated April Fool’s Day by holding a Silly Walk Parade!
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nWay back when, in the 1970s series Monty Python, actor John Cleese played a bureaucrat who was in charge of the “Ministry of Silly Walks.”
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nInspired by that, hundreds of people took to the streets in a very silly way:
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nCheck out this video.
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nThe idea was to lay down daily worries and chores and let off steam by being (and walking!) silly. This year, we all have a lot more worries than ever but can’t get together in huge crowds! So…commemorate last year’s parade by walking silly in the privacy of your own home. Or maybe organize the neighbors to walk silly, each isolated in your own front yard – but everyone will be able to see one another!
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nAlso on this date:
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nApril Fool’s Day
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nAnniversary of a Google Joke
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nSt. Stupid’s Day Parade
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nReading Is Funny Day
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nMathematician Sophie Germain’s birthday
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nNational Kite Month
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nGreek Cypriot Day in Cyprus
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nRepublic Day in Iran
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nGreek Cypriot Day in Cyprus
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nRepublic Day in Iran
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nBirthday of environmentalist and Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai
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