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  1. Fun Fact: Friday the 13th is more common than many other days

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    The calendarepoch for the gregorian calendar (that the western world has been used since the 16th century) is 400 years. After that, the whole calendar repeats itself. It is exactly 146097 days in...

    The calendarepoch for the gregorian calendar (that the western world has been used since the 16th century) is 400 years. After that, the whole calendar repeats itself. It is exactly 146097 days in these 400 years. (Including all 4/100/400-rules.)

    Out of these, there are 28 that are slightly more common than all others. One of those, is Friday the 13th, occuring 688 out of the 146097 days.

    The least common day is a Wednesday the 31st, which happens 398 out of 146097 days.

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  2. Comment on What is your go-to never-failing joke? in ~talk

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    What's blue and doesn't weigh a lot? Lightblue

    What's blue and doesn't weigh a lot?

    Lightblue

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  3. Comment on New model predicts that we’re probably the only advanced civilization in the observable universe in ~space

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    The probability won't necessarily go upwards, so far all those factors are indeed much higher than we expected, but it could still be that chemical signatures really are as rare as we think. It's...

    The probability won't necessarily go upwards, so far all those factors are indeed much higher than we expected, but it could still be that chemical signatures really are as rare as we think. It's not because all previous assumptions turned out to be more common, that the current one is. The problem of course is that we don't know. The Fermi Paradox is really weird, and depending on the outcome, it can have a lot of interesting consequences.

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  4. Comment on Anyone here play squash? in ~sports

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    I don't, but I do like that squash is both a sport, a vegetable and a way to die.

    I don't, but I do like that squash is both a sport, a vegetable and a way to die.

    3 votes

  5. Comment on Where are you from? in ~talk

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    I'm from the glorious, global superpower of Belgium!

    I'm from the glorious, global superpower of Belgium!

    2 votes