Age Refund
Until 2023, South Koreans were legally considered one year old at birth, and everyone aged together on 1 January. This… Read More
Age Refund
Time
A Country Living in a Different Year
The Ethiopian calendar is about seven to eight years behind the Gregorian calendar and uses 13 months (twelve of 30… Read More
Run, Horse, Run
2026 is the Year of the Horse, a sign tied to vitality, speed, and perseverance. Horse years have marked major… Read More
Earth’s Expected Time Glitch
Because Earth’s rotation is not perfectly stable, an occasional “leap second” is added to keep official time in sync, resulting… Read More
The Calendar That Took Over the World
When the Gregorian calendar was introduced in 1582, people went to bed on October 4 and woke up on October… Read More
Atomic Clocks
For centuries the ‘second’ was understood as being 1/86,400th of an Earth day, with more accurate definitions introduced from 1960…. Read More