Results: March Comes In Like A Lion, And Goes Out Like A Lamb
Published on 03/23/2021
I've done surveys on days of the week, colours, so why not the months of the year? Hope you enjoy this series!
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We'll start with the month we are in, March, the third month of the year—or, if you were born before 150 B.C., the first! According to the oldest Roman calendars, one year was ten months long, beginning in March and ending in December. The Romans changed the order of months several times between the founding of Rome and the fall of the Roman Empire. March is the month when spring starts, we enjoy St. Patrick's Day, sometimes Easter and Passover (if they fall in March) and Daylight Saving Time starts. If you were born in March, you are either born under the sign of Pisces or Aries. Do you celebrate your birthday in March?
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Yes
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I celebrate on March 1st, although I was born on February 29
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March was named for the Latin Martius— Mars, the Roman god of war and a mythical ancestor of the Roman people via his sons, Romulus and Remus. With the winter frosts melting and the ground becoming fertile for harvest again in the Northern hemisphere, March was historically the perfect month for both farmers to resume farming, and warriors to attack. Oddly enough, the Pentagon still seems to agree with this Roman tradition: with the exception of the recent war in Afghanistan, almost all major U.S.-NATO led military operations since the invasion of Vietnam have begun in the month of March. To name a few: Vietnam (initiated March 8, 1965), Iraq (March 20, 2003), and Libya (March 19, 2011) all follow the trend. Do you find this interesting?
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Here's some other March trivia you may not know -- which of these did you know about?
On the Roman calendar, the midpoint of every month was known as the Ides. The Ides of March fell on March 15th. This day was supposed to correlate with the first full moon of the year and marked by religious ceremonies, but thanks to Shakespeare's Julius Caesar we know it for another reason. Supposedly, in 44 BC, a seer told Julius Caesar that his downfall would come no later than the Ides of March. Caesar ignored him, and when the fated day rolled around he joked with the seer, "The Ides of March have come." The seer replied, "aye, Caesar; but not gone." Caesar continued on to a senate meeting at the Theatre of Pompey and was summarily murdered by as many as 60 conspirators. Ironically, the spot where Caesar was assassinated is protected in today's Rome as a no-kill cat sanctuary.
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Statistically, March is the most unproductive month of the year in the U.S. This is the result of "March Madness" which is the NBA tournament. Some companies lose up to $1.9 billion in wages paid to workers who were not productive, and instead spent company time on betting on NBA games.
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March is the most popular month for vasectomies. According to Live Science, the number of vasectomies surges by 50 percent during the first week of March Madness.
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The popular social media outlet Twitter was launched on March 21, 2006, with the first tweet going out the same day. It was posted by the founder, Jack Dorsey, which read "just setting up my twttr."
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President John F. Kennedy founded the Peace Corps on March 1, 1961. It is a successful volunteer organization which has since sent at least 235,000 Americans abroad to developing countries to help with health care, education, and other human needs.
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And, finally, how many of these March quotes do you like?
"March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine." L.M. Montgomery
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"It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade." Charles Di*kens, Great Expectations
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430 votes
"March is a tomboy with tousled hair, a mischievous smile, mud on her shoes and a laugh in her voice." Hal Borland
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261 votes
"Daffodils, That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty." William Shakespeare (The Winter's Tale)
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"March is the month God created to show people who don't drink what a hangover is like." Garrison Keillor
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"Our life is March weather, savage and serene in one hour." Ralph Waldo Emerson
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