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Why are there 28 days in February? Well, the Romans were a superstitious bunch
The original Roman calendar divided the year from March to December into 10 months of either 29 or 31 days, based on lunar ...
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Pope Gregory XIII gave us the leap year – but his legacy goes so much further
To correct this, Gregory convened a commission of experts who fine-tuned the leap-year system, giving us the one we have today. But the Gregorian calendar isn’t the only legacy Pope Gregory left.
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Why are there 28 days in February? Well, the Romans were a superstitious bunch
Finally, the calendar we all know was adopted by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582. After skipping 10 days in October 1582 to "catch up," it has changed little since then. What to know about February and ...