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The year-riddle is one of the most widespread, and apparently most ancient, international riddle-types in Eurasia. This type of riddle is first attested in Vedic tradition thought to originate in the second millennium BCE.
According to the "Date" system in Knuth's article, which substitutes a 10-clarke "mingo" for a month and a 100-clarke "cowznofski", for a year, the date of October 29, 2007 is rendered as "Cal 7, 201 C. M." (for Cowznofsko Madi, or "in the Cowznofski of our MAD"). The dates are calculated from October 1, 1952, the date MAD was first published.
The year-riddle is found across Eurasia. [29] For example, a riddle in the Sanskrit Rig Veda, from around 1500–1000 BCE, describes a 'twelve-spoked wheel, upon which stand 720 sons of one birth' (i.e. the twelve months of the year, which together supposedly have 360 days and 360 nights). [30]
Here's a Halloween riddle for you: What has a tail and four feet, but no arms or legs? ... October has 31 days, but some months have just 30. How many months have 28 days? Answer: ...
What's more unbelievable than a talking reindeer? Answer: A spelling bee.. What do snowmen eat for dinner? Answer: Chili.. How does a penguin build its house? Answer: Igloo's it together.
But there's one number in meteorology that lines up exactly between Fahrenheit and Celsius: minus 40 degrees! ... you can use the next few days as an example. While temperatures in the Lower 48 ...
31.55815 Ms (365 d 6 h 9 min 10 s): The length of the true year, the orbital period of the Earth 126.2326 Ms (1461 d 0 h 34 min 40 s): The elected term of the President of the United States or one Olympiad. 10 9: gigasecond Gs decades, centuries, millennia (1 Gs = over 31 years and 287 days = 1,000,000,000 s) 1.5 Gs: Unix time as of Jul 14 02: ...
100 days, roughly equivalent to 1/4 of a year (91.25 days). In Chinese tradition "bǎi rì" is the hundredth day after one's birth, also called Baby's 100 Days Celebration. semester: 18 weeks: A division of the academic year. [6] Literally "six months", also used in this sense. lunar year: 354.37 d: year: 12 mo: 365 or 366 d: common year: 365 d