Groundhog Day is the day that, according to legend, a groundhog will predict how much longer winter will last in the northern hemisphere.
Groundhog Day is observed each year on February 2nd – which for 2018 will be on a Friday.
Read Groundhog Day explained in our post here.
Groundhog Day is the day that, according to legend, a groundhog will predict how much longer winter will last in the northern hemisphere.
Groundhog Day is observed each year on February 2nd – which for 2017 will be next Thursday.
Read Groundhog Day explained in our post here.
The Chronical Herald: Shubenacadie Sam goes live
… at least according to Shubenacadie Sam. Nova Scotia’s furry forecaster Shubenacadie Sam is forecasting an early end to winter.
Sam popped out of his burrow at about 8am today, and because of the partially cloudy skies overhead, did not see his shadow. And as the legend goes, winter will now end early! Yay!
Though, had Sam been on the South Shore this morning, maybe the outcome would have been different – at 8am another gorgeous winter day evolved with the sun already shining brightly.
Whether or not you buy into the folklore, Sam’s credibility is likely at an all-time high. Last year, he predicted a long winter and Nova Scotia was slammed with one of the worst on record.
Read what Cindy Day has to say about this.
Read more about Groundhog Day.
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Groundhog Day is the day that, according to legend, a groundhog will predict how much longer winter will last in the northern hemisphere.
Groundhog Day is observed each year on February 2nd – which for 2016 will be next Tuesday.
Read Groundhog Day explained in our post here.
Truro Daily News: Shubenacadie groundhog readies for annual weather prediction
A leap year has 366 days, as opposed to a common year, which has 365. Nearly every 4 years is a Leap Year, and we add a Leap Day, an extra – or intercalary – day on February 29.
The next Leap Year is 2016 – this year, so the next Leap Day falls on February 29, 2016. (The last Leap Day was on February 29, 2012.)
Leap Years are needed to keep our modern day Gregorian Calendar in alignment with the Earth’s revolutions around the sun. It takes the Earth Continue reading DYK: What is a Leap Year?
Why do we have twenty four hours in a day–as oppose to twenty, or twelve, or any other division of time? To uncover the mystery of the twenty-four hour day we need to take a trip back to ancient Egypt.
While many cultures around the world use a base-10 system (largely in part because they began their exploration of mathematics by counting their ten fingers), ancient Egyptians used a base-12 system. Instead of counting their individual digits, Egyptians instead counted the knuckles of each each finger using their thumbs as pointers (four fingers on each hand, three knuckles per hand, twelve total units). Continue reading Did you know: Who Divided The Day Into 24 Hours?
