An extra day every four years, what's not to love?Bearing in mind it takes around 365.2422 days each year for the Earth to revolve around the sun, the extra snippet (around six hours a year) adds up over time.
The thing to know is that leap year exists, in large part, to keep the months in sync with annual events, including equinoxes and solstices, according to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology. Adding a leap day every four years would make the calendar longer by more than 44 minutes, according to the National Air & Space Museum. Later, on a calendar yet to come (we'll get to it), it was decreed that years divisible by 100 not follow the four-year leap day rule unless they are also divisible by 400, the JPL notes.
The World Baseball Classic will be back in 2026, and it figures to be played in March again, Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said on Tuesday.
HONG KONG, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) The world volleyball governing body FIVB announced the calendar of the 2023 Volleyball Nations League (VNL) on Saturday, with 16