In Latin, septem means "seven" and septimus means "seventh"; September was in fact the seventh month of the Roman calendar until 153 BC, when the first month changed from Kalendas Martius (1 March) to Kalendas Januarius (1 January).

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Titera's Tidbit: Electricity
In Greek, the word for the pale light of dawn is elektron, a term that came to be applied to the color of gold mixed with silver and of the honey color of amber. When charged with static electricity, amber has a weak magnetic pull, a phenomenon that the English physician William Gilbert recorded while reseaching his book On Magnets (1600). Gilbert gave the name to the charge itself, thus completing a long chain of transfers.

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