General Trivia.....

**OrangeEmpire** · 03-01-2006, 08:33 AM

In the original Roman calendar, February had 29 days and 30 days on leap year?

Why was the amount of days dropped to 28?

**orange+white=heaven** · 03-01-2006, 08:57 AM

The calendar maker's February chunk of marble had the bottom right corner chipped off, leaving no room to carve in "29" so........

**GAVol** · 03-01-2006, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by (OrangeEmpire @ Mar 1, 2006 8:33 AM)

In the original Roman calendar, February had 29 days and 30 days on leap year?

Why was the amount of days dropped to 28?

I think it was that Augustus Caesar took a day away from February and added it to August so that the month named for him would be as long as July - the month named for Julius.

The story sounds a little hokey, but that's what I've always heard.

**orange+white=heaven** · 03-01-2006, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by (GAVol @ Mar 1, 2006 9:41 AM)

I think it was that Augustus Caesar took a day away from February and added it to August so that the month named for him would be as long as July - the month named for Julius.

The story sounds a little hokey, but that's what I've always heard.

I liked my idea better....

**jakez4ut** · 03-01-2006, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by (GAVol @ Mar 1, 2006 10:41 AM)

I think it was that Augustus Caesar took a day away from February and added it to August so that the month named for him would be as long as July - the month named for Julius.

The story sounds a little hokey, but that's what I've always heard.

Check out the big brain on GAVol...

**GAVol** · 03-01-2006, 10:10 AM

Too bad it's mainly useless information that's stored in there.

**OrangeEmpire** · 03-01-2006, 10:12 AM

I think it was that Augustus Caesar took a day away from February and added it to August so that the month named for him would be as long as July - the month named for Julius.

The story sounds a little hokey, but that's what I've always heard.

You are exactly right, with the Roman calendar the important months contained 31 days.

(Q):If you could drive to the sun at 55 mph, how long would it take you in years?

**VolunteerHillbilly** · 03-01-2006, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by (OrangeEmpire @ Mar 1, 2006 9:12 AM)

(Q):If you could drive to the sun at 55 mph, how long would it take you in years?

None, you would die before you reached it.

That and the whole gravity thing.

RockyTopEmpire · 03-01-2006, 03:54 PM

like...10,273 years

**OrangeEmpire** · 03-02-2006, 01:03 PM

No, no, no, no......assuming average distance of 93,000,000 miles - then it would take 192 years, 326 days 13 hours, 5 minutes and 27 seconds.

**GAVol** · 03-02-2006, 03:33 PM

Yeah . . . That wasn't trivia. That was algebra. I didn't answer out of principle. :D

**OWB** · 03-02-2006, 03:56 PM

*insert math sucks smiley here*

**rwemyss** · 03-02-2006, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by (Orangewhiteblood @ Mar 2, 2006 3:56 PM)

*insert math sucks smiley here*

I

math...

Jasongivm6 · 03-03-2006, 12:16 AM

If you were standing on the equator at midnight and could travel around the earth at the same latitude (around the equator) in 1 hour, what time would it be when you returned if you traveled west?............Or if you traveled east?

**vols kick balls** · 03-03-2006, 06:16 PM

1 a.m.