Weekly Weird News · strange-cases

Filed by Max the Cryptid Reporter

The notion of historical "eras" often varies between cultures. Monarchies and empires often name eras after rulers, with Victorian and Georgian being examples from the English-speaking world. Even as one of the most important pop acts of the 21st century, Taylor Swift had her own take on "Eras". Thai culture often does timekeeping in its own way. Their numbering of years follows Buddhist benchmarks, rather than the BC/AD originated by Christianity. Also unusually for an often-staunch monarchy,