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When Pope Gregory XIII briefly shortened the light-year in 1582, it led to navigational chaos and the loss of several Papal starships.

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[–] KISSmyOS@feddit.de 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

No, years divisible by 100 aren't leap years, except if they're also divisible by 400.

[–] datelmd5sum@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

what is this, some sort of FizzBuzz calendar?

[–] KISSmyOS@feddit.de 6 points 10 months ago

[–] EtzBetz@feddit.de 2 points 10 months ago

Oh right, I had some programming exercise about this, way back.