Why Does February Only Have 28 Days?
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Why does February have 28 days when all the other months get 30 or 31? The answer is part superstition, part politics, and parts astronomy. (Basically, it's the Romans' fault)
Special thanks to Dr. Jen Ebbeler from the University of Texas Classics department for walking me through the history of the Roman calendar
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fun fact : There is no physical evidence to say that today is Sunday, we all just have to trust that someone has kept count since the first one ever.
We should move to a system of 13 months, 28 days each, with 1 (or 2) extra days just at the end, that would be a holiday and not count on the calendar. Think of how clean our calendars would be, all exactly 4 weeks per month, always starting on the same day of the week (I'd propose Monday). It would be so efficient!
Its 29 feb today and UA-cam recommended to watch this 😂😂😂
Why not 13 months with 28 days each? Just add another day between December 31 and January 1st and make it a holiday to sleep off new years parties and for get resolutions.
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February has 28 days to piss off every boss of the company because they have to pay their employees the full salary for 2 days less of work 😂
I didn't understand anything.
Shorter: AUGUSTUS WANTS TO BE A 31 DAY MONTH SO HE MAKES FEBRUARY WITH 28 DAYS AND IN A LEAP YEAR FEBRUARY HAS 29 DAYS
Did you realize that he posted this on february 23rd?
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I'm a total calendar geek and I love this. Best line is at
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dude: February is just the trash heap of the calendar
You guys do an awesome job with history videos! I would love to see more of them!
As a leap year baby, I have a system that works for me perfectly. Three out of four years I celebrate my birthday on both February 28 and March 1, and on leap years it is a three day festival of drunken eating and doing whatever strikes my good humor-which is my general attitude towards life the rest of the year anyway.
It would have been interesting to include that September, October, November and December are named for the seventh, eighth, ninth, and ten months because the Roman calendar used to start in March. Additionally, the pre-Julian names for July and August were Quintilis and Sextilis, again because they used to be the fifth and sixth months respectively.
Moving January and February also created the silly consequence of OCTober, NOVember and DECember no longer being the 8th, 9th, and 10th months.
Forget the 12 month calendar of either 28, 29, 30, or 31 days. Let us fix the calendar by inserting a thirteenth month in there, so that we have exactly 28 days in each month. This way we have 13 months of 28 days, and the end, we are going to have a New Year’s Intermission that is either 1 or 2 days long.
But, 12 is an even number...
What is march has 32 days