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TIL that nothing happened in the world from 4th - 15th October 1582, because those dates don't exist. When the Gregorian Calendar was introduced, it was agreed to advance the calendar 10 days to compensate for the drift from the equinoxes, as the Julian Calendar was inaccurate by 0.0025 days.

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TIL that no one knows what happened in the world from 5th - 14th October 1582, because those dates don't exist. When the Gregorian Calendar was introduced, it was agreed to advance the date 10 days to account for the calendar drift from the equinoxes as the Julian Calendar was 0.0025 days inaccurate

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TIL that nothing happened in the world from 4th - 15th October 1582, because those dates don't exist. When the Gregorian Calendar was introduced, it was agreed to advance the calendar 10 days to compensate for the drift from the equinoxes, as the Julian Calendar was inaccurate by 0.0025 days.	45
TIL that no one knows what happened in the world from 5th - 14th October 1582, because those dates don't exist. When the Gregorian Calendar was introduced, it was agreed to advance the date 10 days to account for the calendar drift from the equinoxes as the Julian Calendar was 0.0025 days inaccurate	1