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195 sats \ 4 replies \ @DarthCoin 13 Sep 2024 \ on: Fun Fact Friday - Best Fun Fact Gets 10,000 Sats meta
In the year of 1582, October, there are 9 days missing.
Try checking on your phone the calendar app.
Why? Here:
https://www.britannica.com/story/ten-days-that-vanished-the-switch-to-the-gregorian-calendar
September 2nd in Britain
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Give us back our eleven days!
LOLLOLOL
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that's because people always believe what they are told?
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The Julian calendar was 9 days or more off
Pope Gregory commissioned a new calendar because Easter has to occur after the spring equinox
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