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“The calendar configuration for February 2026 is claimed to occur only once every 823 years.”
This claim is false. The "once every 823 years" figure is a recycled internet hoax. Every non-leap-year February has exactly 28 days, meaning it always contains exactly four of each weekday — that's basic math, not a miracle. The specific "perfect February" layout where February 1 falls on a Sunday last occurred in 2015 and will happen again in 2037. The Gregorian calendar repeats on a 400-year cycle, making an 823-year uniqueness claim mathematically impossible.
“The Bermuda Triangle is a region in the North Atlantic where ships and planes disappear at a rate that cannot be explained by conventional means.”
This claim is false. Authoritative sources including Britannica, the BBC, and Lloyd's of London data confirm that the Bermuda Triangle does not have a higher rate of ship or plane disappearances than any comparable region of the Atlantic. Many famous incidents have conventional explanations — storms, navigation errors, heavy traffic, and equipment failure. While some individual cases remain unsolved, that is true of maritime incidents worldwide and does not support the claim of an inexplicable regional phenomenon.