Discrepancies between the Julian calendar and the length of a year led to the development and adoption of the Gregorian calendar. The Julian calendar is based on 365.25 days in a year. As such it adds an extra ‘leap’ day every four years. Unfortunately, the year is slightly shorter at… Read more“Map Monday, Gregorian Calendar Creation and Adoption”
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Freaky Friday, connecting equinoxes, calendars, eclipses, and wall street
March 20th 2015 has the distinction of being a double Freaky Friday. I’m not talking about the 1976 movie where teen Jodie Foster and her mother Barbara Harris exchange bodies or the 2003 remake with Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis. FWIW I enjoyed the former and have never seen… Read more“Freaky Friday, connecting equinoxes, calendars, eclipses, and wall street”