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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I was under the impression that July (Julious) and August (Augustus) were the two shoehored in

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

No they just renamed Quintilis (5th) and Sextilis (6th) to July and August

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It sort of bothers me that we don't change them back.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I'm all about sex month

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

That's even dumber!