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Think Leap Years Are Confusing? The “Year Of Confusion” Added In An Extra 80 Days To The Year, Making It The Longest Year On Record.

Summary by twistedsifter.com
Shutterstock In modern times, everyone knows that a year is 365 days long (with the occasional Leap year in place to keep things nice and tidy). While this seems obvious to us all today, it turns out that making a calendar that stays properly synced up with the seasons is much harder than many people would imagine. Throughout human history, there have been quite a few attempts to create an accurate calendar, all of which have had some advantages…
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twistedsifter.com broke the news in on Friday, June 13, 2025.
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