In 1844, the Philippines Skipped a Day, and It Took Decades for the Rest of the World to Notice

One of the marvels of modern civilization is that, for the most part, humans all around the globe have agreed on one system for counting days and hours. The most common timekeeper, the Gregorian calendar, is filled with eccentricities, but you don’t just skip a day. Yet in 1844, that’s exactly what the Philippines did.
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