June is the month with the longest daylight hours of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, and conversely, June has the shortest daylight hours of the year in the Southern Hemisphere.
June’s birthstone is the pearl, the Moonstone and the Alexandrite.
The June birth flower is the Rose and the Honeysuckle.
In 2009 June was the 662nd most popular name for girls in the USA.
June is derived from Juno, the goddess of marriage.
In both common and leap years, no other month begins on the same day of the week as June. Weird, isn’t it?
June is international men’s month.
June is accordion awareness month, as well as candy, dairy and papaya month.
A June Oven is a countertop oven that is able to do a multitude of tasks. It cannot play an accordion though. Read about it here. I would like to point out that we receive no financial support from you buying a June Oven.
A June bug, or June beetle, (genus Phyllophaga), also called May beetle (depending on which month they appear in your region), genus of nearly 300 species of beetles belonging to the widely distributed plant-eating subfamily Melolonthinae.
June Gibbons and Jennifer Gibbons were identical twins who grew up in Wales. They became known as "The Silent Twins" since they only communicated with each other. They wrote works of fiction.
June is also my favorite month for fishing. Please do not send any fan mail during this month. Have a great day!
Can you fish and read comments at the same time?
ReplyDeleteThat fact about June never starting on the same day as any other month caused me to dig deeper.
In years when there is a Friday the 13th during September, there will always be one in December as well.
And, May never begins or ends on the same day of the week as any other month. And some other months always start on the same day.
How much weird stuff does it take to make it all seem normal?