The Argentine Government once went through a series of 5 presidents in less than a fortnight. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decβ¦
Today I learned about the FFF system of measurement, a humorous unit system using the base units of furlong (length), firkin (mass), and fortnight (time) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FFFβ¦
The word 'fortnight' is just a contraction of 'fourteen nights' etymonline.com/index.php?β¦
The word fortnight derives from the Old English "fΔowertyne night", meaning "fourteen nights". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forβ¦
There was a film made about mr.hands and was one of the American films to be presented at the prestigious Directors Fortnight sidebar at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zooβ¦
America doesn't use the word 'fortnight'. Wtf.
Boris III of Bulgaria died a fortnight after a meeting with Hitler during which Hitler was furious with him for refusing to permit the deportation of Bulgarian Jews. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borβ¦
The speed of light is equivalent to roughly 1.8 terafurlongs per fortnight en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FFFβ¦
The males of the Genus Antechinus, a group of shrew-like marsupials, only live for one year, at which point they die after intensely breeding for a fortnight. abc.net.au/science/articlβ¦
The word 'fortnight' is not widely used in America. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisβ¦
Today I learned that a garden snail has a top speed of about 78 furlongs per fortnight. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FFFβ¦
Grooveshark measures time in fortnights.
Mars rover top speed is 4.2 cm/ sec. mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/spβ¦
Programs for the Commodore 64 were distributed in Finland by broadcasting the tapes containing the program during a fortnightly radio show. arstechnica.com/business/β¦
The papal election of 1268 lasted 3 years and eventually the roof of the building they were locked in was removed to speed up the election. The election lasted so long that 3 cardinal electors died and 1 resigned during it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papβ¦
"biweekly" can mean both "twice a week" and"every two weeks" merriam-webster.com/dictiβ¦
The astronauts of Apollo 11 received a per diem of $8 a day for their mission to the moon. theatlantic.com/technologβ¦
The word "biweekly" can mean either "twice a week" or "twice a month" and has the potential to cause an epidemic of misunderstandings all across the english speaking world. en.wikipedia.org/w/index.β¦
Biweekly means "twice a week" or "once every two weeks" depending on the context merriam-webster.com/videoβ¦
'Bimonthly' can mean 'every 2 months' or 'twice a month.' merriam-webster.com/dictiβ¦
'biweekly' can mean either twice a week or once every two weeks en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biwβ¦
Biweekly means 1) twice a week, and 2) every two weeks... how useless is that? dictionary.reference.com/β¦
The address bar in Google Chrome can do simple arithmetic
Most of the members of Red Hot Chili Peppers are almost 50
UK women can get Β£500 for each baby as a maternity grant maternitygrants.org/listiβ¦
