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LBanks:
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Onyeoma....imela.

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6 Things You May Not Know About the Gregorian Calendar:

1. The original goal of the Gregorian calendar was to change the date of Easter.
In 1582, when Pope Gregory XIII introduced his Gregorian calendar, Europe adhered to the Julian calendar, first implemented by Julius Caesar in 46 B.C. Since the Roman emperor’s system miscalculated the length of the solar year by 11 minutes, the calendar had since fallen out of sync with the seasons. This concerned Gregory because it meant that Easter, traditionally observed on March 21, fell further away from the spring equinox with each passing year.

2. Leap years don’t really occur every four years in the Gregorian calendar.
The Julian calendar included an extra day in February every four years. But Aloysus Lilius, the Italian scientist who developed the system Pope Gregory would unveil in 1582, realized that the addition of so many days made the calendar slightly too long. He devised a variation that adds leap days in years divisible by four, unless the year is also divisible by 100. If the year is also divisible by 400, a leap day is added regardless. While this formula may sound confusing, it did resolve the lag created by Caesar’s earlier scheme—almost

3. The Gregorian calendar differs from the solar year by 26 seconds per year.
Despite Lilius’ ingenious method for syncing the calendar with the seasons, his system is still off by 26 seconds. As a result, in the years since Gregory introduced his calendar in 1582, a discrepancy of several hours has arisen. By the year 4909, the Gregorian calendar will be a full day ahead of the solar year.

4. Some Protestants viewed the Gregorian calendar as a Catholic plot.
Though Pope Gregory’s papal bull reforming the calendar had no power beyond the Catholic Church, Catholic countries—including Spain, Portugal and Italy—swiftly adopted the new system for their civil affairs. European Protestants, however, largely rejected the change because of its ties to the papacy, fearing it was an attempt to silence their movement. It wasn’t until 1700 that Protestant Germany switched over, and England held out until 1752. Orthodox countries clung to the Julian calendar until even later, and their national churches have never embraced Gregory’s reforms.

5. Britain’s adoption of the Gregorian calendar sparked riots and protest—maybe.
According to some accounts, English citizens did not react kindly after an act of Parliament advanced the calendar overnight from September 2 to September 14, 1752. Rioters supposedly took to the streets, demanding that the government “give us our 11 days.” However, most historians now believe that these protests never occurred or were greatly exaggerated. On the other side of the Atlantic, meanwhile, Benjamin Franklin welcomed the change, writing, “It is pleasant for an old man to be able to go to bed on September 2, and not have to get up until September 14.”

6. Before the Gregorian calendar’s adoption, the English new year began on March 25, or Lady Day.
Julius Caesar’s calendar reform of 46 B.C. instituted January 1 as the first of the year. During the Middle Ages, however, European countries replaced it with days that carried greater religious significance, such as December 25 (the anniversary of Jesus’ birth) and March 25 (the Feast of the Annunciation). The latter, known as Lady Day because it celebrates the Virgin Mary, marked the beginning of the year in Britain until January 1, 1752.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/news/6-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-gregorian-calendar

LBanks:
Ekenem Mazi jamp, kenekwam umuigbo nile na nairaland

nwanne imela.

odika ihe m bidoro agaghi enwe isi.

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there is something fishy about this news concerning Mbaka

obaataaokpaewu:
Daalu Mazi. Jamp

onyeoma i ga adi. ndi be anyi na-eme ihere isu azuzu anyi.

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Please make it as interactive as possible.No insults or hate speech plssss.




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Mod am surprised you didn't push this thread to front page.

The record still stands as France won the world cup with indigenous coach.

By God's grace this thread will resurface by 2020

He is a good ref.

Some people wish they were those dogs

SyberKate:
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CapitanS:
Records are meant to be broken

If this record is not broken i will sue lalastic and seun

lacruz12:
No cup winning for Belgium

France for the world cup

nothing for them if they are going with foreign coach.

cc: lalasticlala, seun, myd44

Nigeria government should have a listening ear.

To me the strike was 70% successful

I watched with dismay how countries were busy hiring foreign coaches for the world cup. This spur my curiosity to check the country/coaches that have won the FIFA world cup.

It will interest you to know that all the countries that have won the world executed that with their local coaches. NO COUNTRY HAS WON THE WON CUP WITH FOREGN COACH.

Below is the list of world cup winners from 1930 to 2014

Year Winning nation Coach
1930 Uruguay === Alberto Suppici
1934 Italy === Vittorio Pozzo
1938 Italy === Vittorio Pozzo
1950 Uruguay === Juan López
1954 West Germany=== Sepp Herberger
1958 Brazil === Vicente Feola
1962 Brazil === Aymoré Moreira
1966 England === Alf Ramsey
1970 Brazil === Mário Zagallo
1974 West Germany === Helmut Schön
1978 Argentina === César Luis Menotti
1982 Italy === Enzo Bearzot
1986 Argentina === Carlos Bilardo
1990 West Germany === Franz Beckenbauer
1994 Brazil === Carlos Alberto Parreira
1998 France === Aimé Jacquet
2002 Brazil === Luiz Felipe Scolari
2006 Italy === Marcello Lippi
2010 Spain === Vicente del Bosque
2014 Germany === Joachim Löw

So looking at the above table its means there is no hope for Nigeria or any country going with a foreign coach



do you think this jinx will be broken this year

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FIFA_World_Cup_winners

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the protest march will go on in all the 36 states of the federation by 10am.

may God hear the prayers and supplications of His people Amen

politics is a game of interest. No friendship in politics.

Today the universal church celebrate penticost sunday. The day the Apostles of Jesus received the Holy Spirit.

Penticost occured 50days after the resurrection of Christ.

I wish all christains happy penticost sunday.

May the Holy Spirit come down upon us as a nation and renew our country Amen.

Lalasticlala, seun

Many times people complain about the happenings in their church or traditions which their church uphold. Some go as far as criticizing them publicly where some abandon the church for another.

What are the things you want your church to change which you feel is not helping the members to grow spiritually and for the church to grow.

how i wish death touches the heart of politicians.

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Happy fathers day....

Daddy parado....i love u.

Lalasticlala happy fathers day to you(hope u don marry)

happy mothers day to my wife...........Obim,

you will live long

happy mothers day to my wonderful mother.......Stainless nwanyi. Mummy you will live long to see your great great grand children

Today the catholic church in Nigeria celebrates mothers day. please take out time to appreciate your mother today and send a shout to any mother.

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my oga weldone.......keep up the good work. God bless you

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