Leap year: Here's what you need to know about Feb. 29
Leap year. It's a delight for the calendar and math nerds among us. So how did it all begin and why do we need an extra day?
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Leap year. It's a delight for the calendar and math nerds among us. So how did it all begin and why do we need an extra day?
The math is mind-boggling in a layperson sort of way and down to fractions of days and minutes. There's even a leap second occasionally, but there's no hullabaloo when that happens.
Here are some of the numbers, history and lore behind the (not quite) every four year phenom that adds a 29th day to February.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Leap year. It’s a delight for the calendar and math nerds among us. So how did it all begin and why?Have<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://wsvn.com/news/us-world/what-would-happen-without-a-leap-day-more-than-you-might-think/">Read More</a>