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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SW-User

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.