This video provides a brief history of the calendar and explores New Year's traditions and customs around the world. The video also discusses the tradition of making New Year's resolutions and the significance of the song "Auld Lang...

Nowadays it's easy to take the calendar for granted -- nations across the world have agreed that (for business purposes) each year is twelve months long. But how did we get this calendar in the first place? Stuff of Genius tells the...

Every now and again you may look at your calendar and realize that February has 29 days again. But why? That extra day is called a leap day, and it only appears in leap years. What on earth is it for? February 29th is added to keep the...

Overview of the events of September 11-15. World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks; Jesse Owens born; Soviet space probe Luna blasts off; 10 days in Great Britain lost with switch from Julian to Gregorian calendar; Agatha Christie born

So it's February 29th and we have 366 days this year instead of 365- what's the deal with Leap Years?

The Russian Revolution resulted in the establishment of the first Communist state in history and was the work of Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin - that's the general story told to history students in textbooks, an incredibly simplified...