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Alt text: They're up there with coral islands, lightning, and caterpillars turning into butterflies.

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[-] teft@piefed.social 35 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

5 days every year that’s not part of any month

Those are called intercalary months. They had them in the ancient egyptian calendar (5 every year, 6 in leap years) and were usually used for rest and religious ceremonies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercalary_month_(Egypt)

[-] Microw@piefed.zip 19 points 9 months ago

I'm pretty sure they're being cheeky and we're referencing exactly this ;)

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