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FUN FACTS
Interesting facts about
4000 years
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13 months
The first New Year's celebration dates back 4,000 years. Julius Caesar, the Emperor of Rome, was the first to declare Jan. 1 a national holiday.
Forty-five percent of Americans make New Year's resolutions. The top resolutions are: to lose weight, get organized, to spend less and save more, to stay fit and healthy, and to quit smoking.
Some people wear adult diapers while celebrating New Year at Time Square due to the lack of toilets.
Ethiopia has 13 months. Their current year is still 2013 and they celebrate New Years on September 11.
Until 2006, the Space Shuttle never flew on New Year's day or eve because its computers couldn't handle a year rollover.
In Korea and some other Asian countries, when you are born, you are considered one year old and everyone's age increases one year on New Year's. So if you were born on December 29th, on New Year's Day, you will be considered 2 years old.
The ancient Hawaiian New Year was four months long. War was forbidden; people stopped working; and spent time dancing, feasting and having a good time.
In Thailand, they celebrate their traditional New Year's Day with a state-sponsored multiple-day water fight.
Russians celebrate the New Year twice, once on January 1st and then again on January 14th.
On New Year's Day in Akita, Japan there is a tradition in which men dress as mountain demons, get drunk, and terrorize children for being lazy or disobeying their parents.
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