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The Gregorian Calendar

November 17, 2008

1 January : the first day of the year in the Gregorian calendar used by most developed countries.

The Gregorian calendar is the calendar that is used nearly everywhere in the world. A modification of the Julian calendar, it was first proposed by the Neapolitan doctor Aloysius Lilius, and was decreed by Pope Gregory XIII, for whom it was named, on 24 February 1582 (Note: The papal bull Inter gravissimas was signed in the year 1581 for unknown reasons, but printed on 1 March 1582. Although the use of the date 1581 is often attributed to the supposed adoption by the papacy of a reckoning by which the year began on 25 March, other contemporaneous papal bulls have years that do not agree with March years, let alone years since a pope was named or other types of years.)

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Average Animal Life Spans

November 14, 2008

The vast majority of animals have shorter life expectancies than humans do, and typically the lifespan of the animal increases with size. Some examples include:

    Cats and cetaceans (whales and dolphins) have lifespans in the 20-30 year range.
    Large herbivores (cattle, horses, camels, deer) in the 30-50 year range.
    Birds usually live 10-30 years, with parrots – particularly macaws – the notable exception, with lifespans ranging from 40-80 years.
    Elephants have lifespans of 50-80 years.
    Blue whales can live from 40 to 80 years. Dogs live up to 25 years.
    Turtles live up to 150 years.

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Who’s The Oldest Living Person?

From wikipedia.org “The longest documented lifespan is the 122 years 164 days of Jeanne Calment (1875 – 1997). Jeanne Calment recalled meeting Vincent Van Gogh at age 14 in her father”s shop and of attending the 1885 funeral of Victor Hugo. Calment’s life was documented in the records of her native city of Arles, France, [...]

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