http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/83 Feel Smart Again Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:18:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/83/comment-page-1#comment-65 Mary Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:55:42 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=83#comment-65 What an august list of personages! (Yuk, yuk, yuk.) My favorite factoid about August: It has 31 days because Augustus, the emperor mentioned above, was jealous of Julius Caesar, whose namesake month is of course July. You'll note that none of the "30 days hath" months are named after powerful figures, unless you count the fictional goddess Juno. What an august list of personages! (Yuk, yuk, yuk.) My favorite factoid about August: It has 31 days because Augustus, the emperor mentioned above, was jealous of Julius Caesar, whose namesake month is of course July. You’ll note that none of the “30 days hath” months are named after powerful figures, unless you count the fictional goddess Juno.

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