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

Month 9 - September
10 - october
11 - november
12 - december

But Sept is 7, Oct is 8 (think octagon), pretty sure nov is 9, and dec is definitely 10 (as in decimal, our base ten number system)

Sept is less used for 7, but I can't help but think about how messed up this is every time October comes around

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DrWatson · 70-79, M

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.