February being an "odd one out" of the months with fewer days than any other month was sort-of intentional based on Roman superstition -- February was the worst-luck part of the year, the crappy part of the winter everyone hated, that people still tried to ignore
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Like, it was bad luck to *say* it, and you would try to avoid scheduling during February, hence they tried to minimize how much "February" there was in the year ...Which is why it's kind of funny we decided to make it Black History Month, like SNL pointed out
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That's why it's kind of funny and perverse that English people invented Valentine's Day and tried to link it to the "Roman tradition of Lupercalia" They didn't know what they were talking about, the Februa/Lupercalia (which February is named for) had nothing to do with sex/love
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It was considered a time for "spring cleaning" and the Februa itself was this blood sacrifice ritual to purge the built-up bad luck and evil spirits haunting the city from the previous year in hopes of a clean slate It wasn't really a sexy time of year
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One thing I never quite got is that if they weren't keeping track how did they determine when the Kalends of March actually was?
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By "not keeping track" I just mean they didn't think any of the days in winter were worth giving names to, obviously having a functioning society meant still keeping track of the moon's phases (which is what the months were based on)
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