The calendar in ancient egypt was based on the star sirius wen. The chinese new year is en like, late january or february right? Everybody's got a different start or date. New year s got there on the new year. At the academic calendar has a new year. It's september first. Even though they don't say it, it really is that.
Is anything at the end of the rainbow? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice break down how rainbows work, the history behind zero, and what Zoom calls and Einstein’s Theory of Relativity have in common.
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