And now, on to a very important matter - units of time.
The other day, I got to wondering about this topic and have hereby compiled a list of various units of time that are longer than a second and are almost always the same length.
A minute consists of 60 seconds.
An hour consists of 60 of those.
A day consists of 24 of those.
A week consists of 7 of those.
A fortnight consists of 2 of those.
A month consists of, hmm, not always the same like the others. Sometimes 28 days, sometimes 29, 30, or 31. There was one month that only had 20 - September of 1752.
A quarter consists of 3 months.
A year consists of 12 months.
A decade takes 10 years to go by.
A presidential election cycle seems to fall here somwhere.
A century is ten decades.
A millennium, ten of those.
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