Why are there 28 days in February? Blame superstitious Romans
The Romans added January and February to the calendar but ran into a problem — math and superstition. Here's why February ...
Numbers, please! Shortest month of the year – How February came to have 28 days
The modern calendar has Roman Catholic roots. As the sun does not adhere exactly to the earthly calendar, leap days are ...
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The Short End of the Calendar Stick
By Marco Elsy Ah, February. The runt of the calendar litter, the month that even the Romans couldn’t be bothered to flesh out properly. But why, you might ask, does this particular collection of days ...
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Why are there 28 days in February? Well, the Romans were a superstitious bunch
Thank the Romans for that oddity. Before the Gregorian calendar used today, Roman King Numa Pompilius (715-673 BC) set about creating a way to sync the months with the lunar cycle. Doing that ...