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Aug 2020

10m 13s

ELI5 Calendars - how the world agrees on...

ELI5 Explain Like I'm Five Podcast

About this episode

Why did the Russian team arrive at the 1908 olympics 12 days late? How does the whole world agree on what day and date it is? Why did the Pope step in to replace the Julian calendar? Why is 2000 a leap year but 2100 isn't? What was the most recent country to adopt the Gregorian calendar.

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