--- author: '' category: '' date: 2010/10/06 13:21 description: '' link: '' priority: '' slug: BB925 tags: '' title: People believe anything on the Internet. type: text updated: 2010/10/06 13:21 url_type: '' --- I just saw this on a place I won't bother linking: This october has 5 fridays, 5 saturdays and 5 sundays. This happens only every 823 years. And I am grounded all month! Really, it's not worth linking to because it's `everywhere `_ There are variations, of course, 5 sunday/monday/tuesdays, different months, etc. But **why** are people falling for that? I mean, it's pretty obvious if you think 2 minutes that there's no way it can be true! 1. The length of october is fixed (31 days). 2. Since weeks are 7 days, you have 4 weeks + 3 days in october. 3. If october starts on a friday, those last three days are going to be friday/saturday/sunday. So, for this thing to be true, October 1st would have to be a friday only once every 823 years. Sounds pretty stupid when you say it that way, right? I really have no idea how anyone with half a brain can fall for it, but I have seen people I know have a functional cortex do it. Comments encouraged :-)