Articles About Fun (13)

The 823-Year Myth

5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays, and 5 Sundays in the same month happens only every 823 years? This popular urban myth is precisely that: a myth.

What are Palindrome Days?

A palindrome day is when the day’s date can be read the same way backward and forward. The dates are similar to word palindromes in that they are reversible. When is the next palindrome date?

11/11/11 – a date with a special meaning?

The meaning of dates, such as 11/11/11, is becoming more popular since the start of the new millennium.

a young girl doing a simple calculation on a blackboard smiling at the fotographer.

The Doomsday Algorithm - Calculating the Weekday of any given Date

Some dates fall on the same weekday every year. Use this knowledge to calculate the weekday of any date in your head.

Illustration of black grinning cat with person's legs next to it. Blue background and Friday the 13th written on the top left of the image.

Friday the 13th Facts

13 facts about Friday the 13th, the unluckiest day in the Gregorian calendar.

38 New Years in 2023

Toast the New Year 38 times with our new year countdown. 26 hours after the first bottle pops on Kiritimati in the Pacific, Baker Island greets the New Year.

The Doomsday Rule

Some dates fall on the same weekday every year. Use this knowledge to calculate the weekday of any given date in your head.

Special dates in the Gregorian Calendar.

Special Calendar Dates

Learn more about numerically unique calendar dates such as sequential dates, same number dates, and palindrome (reversible) dates

12/12/12 - Special Date Pattern

December 12, 2012 or 12-12-12 was the last date of its kind - when all three numericals in a date were the same - for 88 years. The next time this will happen is on January 1, 2101, or 01-01-01.

October 10, 2010 - 10/10/10 Explained

Only on October 10, 2010 and in the next hundred years can people write the date as 10/10/10.

The Best Apocalypses in History

The end of the world is near, again! Also for 2022, doomsdayers have prophesied the apocalypse. But no end-of-world predictions ever come true.

Time and Date Trivia

Useful time and date facts that will make you the star at a party!

99% Of Us See Daylight at This Moment (Or Do We?)

Is it really true that 99% of the world's population see daylight at 11:15 UTC on July 8?