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February USED TO have 30 days; most of the months did.

But the story went that Julius Caesar decided that HIS month, July, was more important - and so he ordered one day taken from February (which had 30 days) and given to July.

Later on, the Caesar Augustus ordered that another day be stolen from February and added to HIS month so that his month would be as long as Julius's month. And so August we lengthened from 30 days to 31, and February was cut short to 28.

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