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Why February has less days than the other months?

WELL THIS IS AN INTERESTING BIT OF HISTORY....!

In olden days, March was the first month of a year..

Can't believe?

Well haven't you ever thought this?

SEPTEMBER - SEPTA - 7
OCTOBER - OCTA - 8
DECEMBER - DECA - 10

In the original version of years, October was 8th month and December was the tenth month, followed by January and Feb at last.

February was the poor guy who was used to adjust the remaining days of the year so as to tally 365 for ordinary years and 366 for leap years..

So logically Leap Day was appended in the last of year, i.e Feb 29th. :)

Later in History, this Era was modified making January as first month.

And thats why February has lesser no.of days.... :)

 
TWO TOUGH QUESTIONS

Question 1:

If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 kids already, three who were deaf, two who were blind, one mentally retarded, and she had syphilis, would you recommend that she have an abortion?

Read the next question before looking at the response for this one.

Question 2:

It is time to elect a new world leader, and only your vote counts.

Here are the facts about the three candidates.

Candidate A

Associates with crooked politicians, and consults with astrologists. He's had two mistresses. He also chain smokes and drinks 8 to 10 martinis a day.

Candidate B

He was kicked out of office twice, sleeps until noon, used opium in college and drinks a quart of whiskey every evening.

Candidate C

He is a decorated war hero. He's a vegetarian, doesn't smoke, drinks an occasional beer and never cheated on his wife.

Which of these candidates would be your choice?

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Candidate A is
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Candidate B is
Winston Churchill.

Candidate C is
Adolph Hitler.

And, by the way, on your answer to the abortion question:

If you said YES . . .

. . . you just killed
Beethoven - Great musician

Pretty interesting isn't it? Makes a person think before judging someone.

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