fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoHeart attack kills China ‘century baby’ born at midnight on January 1, 2000 at 25www.scmp.comexternal-linkmessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up10
arrow-up10external-linkHeart attack kills China ‘century baby’ born at midnight on January 1, 2000 at 25www.scmp.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square4linkfedilink
minus-squareblaue_Fledermaus@mstdn.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoOne year too early for the title? The 21st century started on 2001.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoHow so? The first century surely started with year 0, the first year. Just like a person is zero years old during its first year. And years 0-99 make up the first century. Then the second century starts at 100-199, and so on. 🤷♂️
minus-squarefalseprophet@fedia.ioBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agothere is no year 0 we started at 1.
One year too early for the title? The 21st century started on 2001.
How so? The first century surely started with year 0, the first year. Just like a person is zero years old during its first year. And years 0-99 make up the first century. Then the second century starts at 100-199, and so on. 🤷♂️
there is no year 0 we started at 1.
Babies don’t start at 1.