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“Octo” in October means eight. Makes sense.

I don’t know about Thursday, i dont feel the same connection.

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It’s the eighth day of the week, duh.

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“Octo” in October means eight.

Well it did, then some assholes named Julius and Augustus had to fuck it up. Somebody should stab one of those fuckers

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Common misconception.

July and August were renamed. The original names were derived from five and six. The extra two months that threw everything off were January and February. When 5-10 were named January and February didn’t even have names, it was just that cold period when there was no planting or harvesting. There were a bunch of other changes to the calendar over the centuries before we got where we are too.

Decent overview here: https://study.com/academy/lesson/the-ancient-roman-calendar-history-months-saints.html

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Huh, neat. Thanks

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Somebody should stab one of those fuckers

I have some fantastic news for you

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