KateThis year is a leap year.
We get an extra day in February!!! I have always found the concept of the leap year fascinating. I won’t delve into the scientific side of things as it hurts my brain, but here are some fun and fascinating facts about this day/year.
-to be a leap year, the year must be divisive of 4
-If we didn’t have a leap year, our seasons would eventually be out of sync.
-there is a leap-year cocktail https://www.seriouseats.com/leap-year-cocktail-recipe
People born on 29th February are called ‘leaplings’ or ‘leapers’ (reword)
According to tradition, it’s a day when a woman can propose to men
Started with Julius Cesar in 46BC, but the math wasn’t mathing until Pope Gregory XIII tweaked it 1500 years later
-it is not legally recognized as a day
-4 million people are leap-day babies; are you one of them?
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Charlie Marlow
