Anoka, Minnesota, began its Halloween celebrations in 1920 to curb destructive pranks by local youths. The town's civic festivities, including a parade, became a model for other cities to deter ...

Pranking your kids can backfire and end in tears instead of laughs, as YouTubers Cole and Sav LaBrant found out. Credit: Getty Images/Cavan Images Social media and, especially, YouTube is rife with ...

Celebrating April Fools' Day? Find out the best prank to pull based on your zodiac sign—and let the practical joking begin! April Fools’ pranks to pull based on the zodiac You don’t need to wait until ...

Twenty-two years after "Jackass" debuted on MTV, the group who popularized pranking is back on the screen with "Jackass Forever." But in the years since Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Chris Pontius ...

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The music starts playing, and an entire class breaks out in unison to a choreographed dance. In the middle of a meeting, an un-muted mic reveals a cartoonish sound of flatulence. A pencil is passed ...

The early days of spring brings April Fools' Day, a day when brands and companies try to spring some goofy pranks on you – remember last year's “Baby Translator” app and 7-Eleven's hot dog-flavored ...

These 25 easy pranks guaranteed to get laughs and numerous such practical jokes have long been examined by psychologists. In general, humor is beneficial to us. Studies in neuropsychology have ...

On July 16, 2005, the release date of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, students woke to find Harry’s famous scar zigzagging across MIT’s Great Dome. Parcels containing the pre-ordered books ...