Fun Facts Fridays: Leap Year Facts

This year, 2024, February has 29 days, a leap year. There are lots of fun facts that surround leap years. Here are 10: Leap years, which occur every four years, bring an extra day to the calendar in order to keep our timekeeping in sync with the Earth’s revolutions around the sun. Why is it called a Leap Year? Leap years are introduced to compensate for the fact that Earth’s orbit around the sun takes approximately 365.25 days. The extra day helps to keep our calendars and seasons aligned. The Julian Calendar fix was not correct: The Julian Calendar’s leap Read More