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September: When Seven Became Nine The Month That Forgot to Count: Summer’s packing up her sunblock, kids are pretending to love school, and the...

Labor Day in the U.S.—But Not in May? Yes! In the U.S., Labor Day falls in September—not in May! It’s celebrated on the first Monday of September...

The Sheer Ego Behind August’s Name! Welcome to August, folks—the month where the sun’s still blazing, vacations are in full swing, and...

101 Ways to Make a Killing (Without Going to Jail) Paco Judo had been in the U.S. for 48 hours when he saw it: a giant bookstore banner screaming...

Why Does the Day Have 24 Hours? There are things we question constantly. The time of an appointment. Why someone decided an 7:00 a.m. meeting was...

Today We Have 12 Months January opens the year, December closes it, and between them we have ten more months we’ve learned to recite since...