ancient, egyptians, paint, eye, black, deception, copper, makeupient, egyptians, paint, eye, black,

The Twelve-Month Calendar Was Invented In Egypt

ancient, egyptians, paint, eye, black, deception, copper, makeupient, egyptians, paint, eye, black,

You probably don’t know this, but the calendar that we use today was invented by ancient Egyptians. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the first calendar known to humankind was invented in Egypt. In fact, it is the year 6264 in the Egyptian calendar.

The ancient Egyptians used the 12-month calendar like we do today. However, each month was always 30 days which meant that their years were only 360 days in total causing the years to fall out of sync with the seasons. So to make up for the lost time, they held a 5-day festival at the end of each year.

Related Facts
spain, facts about spain, spain facts, spainish facts, spainish food, spainish language, spain girls

Interestingly! Spain boasts 47 UNESCO World Heritage Sites

anime facts, anime fact, spirited away, academy awards, anime awards, anime, haikyuu, haikyuu facts,

While filming Goku's Super Saiyan level 4 transformation for Dragon Ball GT, Sean Schemmel passed out.

arcticircle, arcticcouncil, government, indigenous

There’s An Intergovernmental Arctic Forum.

Hitler facts, Hitler bio, adolf Hitler, world war facts, german facts, nobel prize facts

Adolf Hitler received a Nobel Peace Prize nomination.

Guinness World Record, biggest snowflake,

Did you Know? The biggest snowflake ever recorded was 15 inches across.

new york, new york facts, The Empire State, Chrysler, MetLife buildings, new york buildings

In New York City, over 40 buildings have their own zip codes.

terracotta, qinshihuang, mausoleum, imperial, tomb, millitary, technology, arts, culture, china, arm

The Terracotta Army was constructed over 2,200 years ago.

mammoths, pyramids, mammoths history, pyramids history, mammoths and pyramids

While there were still mammoths on the globe, the pyramids of Giza were being erected.

algeria, algeria facts, facts about algeria, algeria fact, algeria population, sahara dessert in alg

Interestingly! The Sahara desert takes up quite a bit of space

Facts about Uzbekistan, Uabekistan Facts, Uzbekistan, UNESCO

Uzbekistan contains UNESCO World Heritage Sites

banana, banana facts, banana potassium, banana radioactive, radioactive fruits

Bananas contain radioactive elements.

Honey, honey facts, honey life, honey bacteria, honey facts

Did you Know? Honey will never ever go bad.

Uzbekistan facts, Facts about Uzbekistan

Did you Know? Uzbek people believe in goodluck bread

oranges, oranges facts, orange color, orange fruit

Fun Fact! Not all oranges are orange.

cats and dogs, language facts

The phrase, "It's is raining cats and dogs" have several different origin theories.

myanmar, pagodas, kingdom, pagan, buddhism, temples, burmese, burma, thanaka, magic

Is it Myanmar or Burma?

banned anime, Highschool of the Dead, Attack on Titan, death note, death note china

Did you Know? Death Note Is Prohibited In China.

bacon, bacon facts, bacon saltiness

The saltiness of bacon isn't natural; it's the result of curing and brining.

white chocolate, chocolate facts,

White chocolate is not real chocolate.

World War 2 facts, Facts about world war 2, Hiroshima Nagasaki, Japan

There were five Japanese cities on the US’s initial atomic hit list and Nagasaki was not one of them

Cayenne pepper, Cayenne pepper facts, blood clotting, Cayenne pepper fact, pepper facts, pepper clot

Did you Know? Peppers can encourage proper clotting

adults, social media, internet, social media facts, social media stats, facts, internet facts, facts

Of all the adults having internet access, 71 % of the people use social media.

Facts about Romania, Romania Facts, Romania

Bucharest boasts one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.

miracle fruit, miracle fruit facts, Synsepalum dulcificum

Did you Know? There is a miracle fruit!

mesopotamia, mesopotamia facts, mesopotamia fact, facts about mesopotamia

Did you Know? Mesopotamian city Uruk was one of the largest cities of those times