Tomorrow is April Fools' Day! While it's a fun day where lies are allowed, it's too early to assume everything announced on this day is false. On April Fools' Day in 2004, Google surprised the world by announcing its free email service, 'Gmail', with a capacity of 1GB. At the time, this was an absurdly large capacity, and the fact that it was free made many people think it was an April Fools' joke. But it was the truth, and Gmail became a huge success, becoming a successful service that continues to this day.

Gmail, an unbelievable truth

In 2004, most free email services had very limited storage. With capacities of around 10MB or 20MB, they weren't enough for exchanging many emails, and increasing capacity required paid subscriptions. In this situation, Gmail's announcement of offering an incredible 1GB of storage for free was hard to believe. "Are you really giving 1GB?" "It's not an April Fools' joke, is it?" Reactions mixed with doubt and surprise poured in.

Joining through invitations, a heated competition

Initially, Gmail could only be joined through invitations. This led many people to strive for Gmail invitations. I vividly remember begging friends and acquaintances for Gmail invitations. I remember requesting a friend who worked at Google to get me an invitation at the time.

Tmon, bringing laughter with a space travel package on April Fools' Day

Gmail wasn't the only star of April Fools' Day. On April Fools' Day in 2014, the online shopping mall Tmon delighted people by introducing a 'Space Travel Package'. This package, designed to allow you to choose from trips to various planets like the Moon, Mars, Venus, and Mercury, offered various durations from 6 nights and 7 days to 19 nights and 20 days. While actual purchases were impossible, Tmon's creative idea brought laughter to people and added to the joy of April Fools' Day.

April Fools' Day, a miracle created by imagination and creativity

April Fools' Day isn't simply a day for lies, but a day for unleashing imagination and creativity to dream about the future. We hope more truths like Gmail, announced on April Fools' Day, will emerge. Perhaps among the services announced tomorrow, there will be a real service that surpasses our imagination.

Just like Tmon's space travel package, seemingly impossible ideas could become reality someday. What if Tmon's space travel package were actually released? Who would be the first to apply? Just thinking about it makes me excited.

April Fools' Day gives us the opportunity to spread our wings of imagination and dream about the future. Let's have a fun time searching for truth within the lies!