So....we were all talking the other day and discussing why we have this day. We basically came up with the same reasons that have been revealed today in an article. Anyway...here are some fun facts that will put curious little minds at peace about this weird day. One of the wondering minds in this family sees no abstract in the world and all of life is black and white.....so this did him some good having some to the point facts about this normal abnormality in life.
Why do we have leap year? What's the deal with Feb. 29? It's pretty basic. The pattern of our lives depends on it: The current calendar needs the extra hours to stay aligned with Earth's orbit. Otherwise, we'd have winter in July — in about 10,000 years.
If you were born on Feb. 29 in the shortest month of the year, the plus side is that you're part of an exclusive birthday club. And you can blame the 28 days on this calendar, which began with March. If you're an unmarried woman, leap year's got your name on it, thanks to the Irish tradition of Ladies' Privilege, which back in the day gave women proposal rights. In America, we call it Sadie Hawkins Day.
There's a ton more boring info about it on this site. I didn't copy and paste here since it didn't hold my attention for too long.....though Grayson loved it.
http://www.timeanddate.com/date/leapyear.html
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some people have difficulty calculating when leap year is, so this is how i do it...when it's a presidential election year, then it's leap year..i figure that the calendar goes a little haywire so that it can match the politics of the country!
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