Leap Year Fun Facts
A leap year comes approximately
every four years.
The reason for
this extra day is because most
calendars are based on the assumption
that there are 365 days in a year when
in fact, there are actually 365 and one-quarter days in a...
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Leap Year Fun Facts
A leap year comes approximately
every four years.
The reason for
this extra day is because most
calendars are based on the assumption
that there are 365 days in a year when
in fact, there are actually 365 and one-quarter days in a
year.
In order to keep our modern Gregorian calendar in
sync with the tropical calendar we add an extra day to
February every four years.
Those born in a leap year can
look at it as a gift or a curse; however, there are several
interesting facts about this day you may not know.
• No year that is divisible by 100 can be a leap year
unless it can be divided by 400.
The year 2000 was a
leap year the year 1900 was not.
• Leap year babies born in the year 1884 did not
celebrate a single birthday on their actual birth date
throughout their entire teenage years.
February 29 fell
on the year those individuals turned 12.
• The tradition of women proposing to men on leap
year day dates all the way back to 5th century
Ireland.
• People born o
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