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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Sidewinder · 36-40, M

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.