Do you anticipate April 1st each year and look forward to creating the perfect prank? Not being a practical jokester, today is not my kind of holiday. That is not to say I haven’t pulled some jokes over the years. Families tend to do that. The meanest one was years ago as a child when… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Why April Fool?
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Mythic Monday: 7 Things You Didn’t Know About Leap Year
In the Western world, the calendar is based on the number of days it takes for the earth to revolve around the sun. However, one earth orbit around the sun does not take an exact number of days. It takes 365 days, 5 hours, 49 minutes, and 16 seconds. Before Julius Caesar, the Romans observed… Continue reading Mythic Monday: 7 Things You Didn’t Know About Leap Year