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Intelligent-Prune-33 t1_jedlswb wrote

Reply to comment by MississippiJoel in Britain ‘haven for fraudsters’ as 1% of cases result in charges, say MPs by Goal1

For those elsewhere… what’s special about today?

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MississippiJoel t1_jedwqc4 wrote

Former US President Trump got indicted and will stand trial. He may see this article and decide he wants to immediately take a little vacation this week. And then start making excuses about the plane is broken down by next week.

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Time-Garbage- t1_jedtvd7 wrote

Today is the double ides of March

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Intelligent-Prune-33 t1_jeduu35 wrote

The… huh? The ides of march is the 74th day of the Roman calendar (that happens to correspond to 15 march in the Gregorian.) doubling that it’d be may 28th.

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MississippiJoel t1_jeeufo7 wrote

So the Wikipedia article is a little confusing, but apparently the Roman calendar actually began with the spring equinox in March, so the Ides of March would fall on the 15th by either counting method.

The Julian calendar added two months, but that's where I'm getting confused with the extent of its other reforms, and whether it began with January or March.

However, the central point you are making still stands: "Ides" simply means "the middle," so it would either be the 15th or the 13th of a given month, so "Double Middle" would make no sense in any timekeeping context.

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Time-Garbage- t1_jedzeqc wrote

15x2 dummy. Anybody who measures time like that I don't want to know.

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Bokth t1_jee2f4b wrote

I've never heard anyone call July 8th double Independence Day

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