fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoHeart attack kills China ‘century baby’ born at midnight on January 1, 2000 at 25www.scmp.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareblaue_Fledermaus@mstdn.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoOne year too early for the title? The 21st century started on 2001.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months 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.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months 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.