InfoBlast #2: New Year’s & Calendars

Did you know January 1st hasn’t always been (and still isn’t, in many places) the beginning of the new year? Nick and Rob dive in to the history of New Year’s celebrations and, because the topics are pretty closely intertwined, a quick history on calendars. It’s a story that spans thousands of years and involves the likes of Julius Caesar (and a bunch of other Roman peeps), a 6th century monk named after a Greek god, a pope named Greg, and those dang Protestants (again!).

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