00:00Have you ever wondered why February gets the short end of the stick with only 28 days?
00:05It's not a cosmic coincidence, it's ancient Roman drama. When the original Roman calendar
00:10only had 10 months, the cold, unproductive winter period was simply ignored. But then,
00:16King Numa Pompilius decided to add January and February to fill the gap.
00:21If you're enjoying these calendar secrets, hit subscribe and follow, share this video,
00:25and comment with your favorite or least favorite thing about February. He wanted the calendar to
00:30total 355 days, a lunar year. To make the numbers work with their superstitions about even numbers
00:37being unlucky, he gave most months 29 or 31 days. But with an odd number of total days needed,
00:44one month had to be an even number, and February, being the last month added,
00:48got stuck with just 28. Even when Julius Caesar later standardized the calendar to 365 days,
00:55February kept its short count. So, February's short status is all thanks to ancient Roman superstitions.
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