Why Julius Caesar's Year of Confusion was the longest year in history
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To tame a hopelessly disorganised Roman calendar, Julius Caesar added months, took them away, and invented the leap year.
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Original Title: TIL The year 46 BC was 445 days long. This abnormally long year, called the Year of Confusion, was a necessary, temporary adjustment by Julius Caesar to correct the significant drift of the Roman calendar, which had fallen out of sync with the solar seasons.