The 1900 Summer Olympics, held in Paris France. 1900 was not a leap year, because century years are leap years only if they can be divided by 400, because a solar year is slightly less than 365¼ days. The allocation of Leap Days, (February 29), is the major change between the Julian Calendar and the Gregorian Calendar, currently in use.
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The 1900 Summer Olympics, held in Paris France. 1900 was not a leap year, because century years are leap years only if they can be divided by 400, because a solar year is slightly less than 365¼ days. The allocation of Leap Days, (February 29), is the major change between the Julian Calendar and the Gregorian Calendar, currently in use.
What 2 days of the year are there no men's college football or pro football, college basketball or pro basketball, baseball, hockey , golf and tennis played on?
What local tv anchor was fired for making politically incorrect comments , not realizing she was live on air?
If someone gives you the O.K. it is a authorization or a validation that something is acceptable. What is the origins of the O.K.?
One explanation I heard is that O.K. Dates back to a Martin Van Buren election campaign. He was from Kinderhook, and was known as Old Kinderhook. Voting for him was supposed to mean everything would be all right, or O.K.
Name the 2 actors whose first names and last names are the reverse of one another's first name and last name.
William FitzPatrick and Patrick FitzWilliam.
Oh, hang on, those are the two perfectly compatible gay Scotsmen.
If someone gives you the O.K. it is a authorization or a validation that something is acceptable. What is the origins of the O.K.?
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The explanation I have is from the 17th. century. When ships went into port, they had to fire a signal cannon to alert the authorities to send a doctor to inspect the ship for disease, and a tax collector to inspect the cargo to assess taxes. When the tax collector inspected a barrel or a crate, he would place a OK on the barrel in chalk to indicate it had been inspected. OK = Oll Korect ( Dutch corrupted )
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