Since calendar facts were brought up, did you know the last four months are out of place?

Originally in the time of the ancient world, there were ten months in the whole year, with September, October, November and December being 7, 8, 9, and 10, respectively.

It was only after Julius Caeser rose to power, succeeded by Caeser Augustus sometime thereafter, that we got the months of July and August as the 7th and 8th months, respectively.

Thereby relegating September, October, November and December respectively as the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th months of the year and it's been that way ever since.

The early Roman calendar only had 10 months. Roughly, it covered the period we call March through December. The gap was a period where nobody was planting crops, so a calendar was not seen as necessary.

Eventually they added two more months, but they kept the old names.

Yep, from the Latin words for those numbers: septem, octō, novem, and decem. July used to be called "Quintilis" (from the Latin for "fifth", [i]quintus[/i]) and August was called "Sextilis" (from the Latin for "sixth", [i]sextus[/i]). Those months were later renamed after emperors, Julius Caesar and Caesar Augustus.

I've known that for years. Drives me nuts.

I had a friend while growing up that called himself July November.