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Today's featured article
Yes, it is April Fool's Day, but all the facts below are true.

In the past, various unusual articles have been improved to featured article status. These include exploding whale, heavy metal umlaut, Japanese toilet, and spoo. People seeing some of these articles listed on the Main Page sometimes believe that it is a joke, when in fact, these articles are well-written and quite deserving of featured article status.

An unusual article (such as exploding toad or Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch) will be edited up to Featured article status and listed on the Main Page on 1 April, 2006. The "recently featured" sentence could be changed to "other featured", and link to the above-mentioned unusual featured articles.

Given the amount of time it takes to bring an article up to Featured article status, an alternative solution would be to use an article that has already been made a Featured article, but has not yet been listed on the Main Page (such as Read my lips: no new taxes).

Did you know...
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Princess Elizabeth changing the wheel of a lorry while working as a driver.
  • ...that Queen Elizabeth II once worked as a lorry driver while she was still a princess.
  • ...that General Butt-Naked, also known as Joshua Blahyi, was a Liberian warlord feared for his naked, drunken rampages.
In the news
Since this describes current news, April Fool's activities, if any, are limited to finding unusual pieces of news and publishing them in this section. This section would be unchanged or largely unchanged from any other day, albeit with a couple of interesting or unusual events that may have occurred in the days leading up to 1 April, 2006.









On this day… Really!
This section should focus on unusual, but factual events occurring on 1 April, mostly April Fool's jokes played by other people. This would serve the dual purpose of providing fact and reminding the reader that this is April Fool's Day, which may further convince them that the Wikipedia is presenting "joke facts". Selected anniversaries can include anything that happened as described in April Fool's Day#Well-known hoaxes.
Today's Totally One-hundred Percent Authentic Picture
Medieval Mickey

Medieval Mickey Mouse

April Fools? On November 14, 2002, this image was discovered during restoration of a church's outside wall in the town of Malta in Austria. It is part of a 14th century fresco depicting Saint Christopher of the Catholic Church, who is often shown accompanied by fabulous creatures. The image is dated to circa 1300 AD.

Photo credit: Eloquence
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