January is named for Janus, the Roman god of beginnings and endings. And war.

A year is not actually 365 days long. It’s 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 45 seconds.

The British Parliament had to eliminate 11 days to realign the Julian with the previously used Gregorian calendar.

There are still over forty different calendars in use around the world today.

The ball that is dropped in New York on New Year’s Eve weighs over 1,000 pounds, uses over 9,000 LED’s and is made from Waterford Crystal.

The record for the largest firework display consisted of 66,326 fireworks and was achieved by Macedo’S Pirotecnia Lda. in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, on December 31, 2006.

In the United States alone, over 18 million gallons of alcohol is consumed on New Year’s Eve.