GIGGLE EPIPHANY

The first joke about Mondays was invented on a Tuesday. It still hurt.

✗ FAKE

Complaints about Mondays are a common joke, but there is no record of the first Monday joke being written on a Tuesday. The claim is a pure joke.

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