April Fools Day has been around for quite along time, with a reference in the Canterbury Tales written around 1400.  However, it seems that the birth of the Internet rejuvenated the practice of distributing misleading information all in the name of humor.

I have only been up for a few hours, but I already have stumbled upon (but I don’t actually use StumbleUpon) several hoaxes, and some I wish were true -

1. IE 8.1 to support Firefox add ons from Smashing Magazine
2. Verizon’s New Look on Brand New
3. 2012′s Olympic Typeface announced on CR Blog
4. Gmail’s Autopilot
5. Warner Bros to purchase site where pirated media is offered
   
6. Guardian to switch to publish only via Twitter
7. The Banning of Helvetica in Europe on Dirty Mouse
8. Purpose of Conficker Worm Uncovered on The Web Standards Project
9. New US Dollar Symbol on Typophile
10. Upside-down YouTube

Clearly today is not a day for the gullible to be online. Check back, as I am sure the hoaxes will continue.

Update: TechCrunch is doing a way better job at collecting these.