Leap Year Extravaganza

Happy Leap Day! Does anyone really know what this means?

In kindergarten we were all taught there are 365 1/4 days/year. We also learned that the Earth orbits around the sun, which takes one solar year (scientists have the orbit time calculated right to the minute). Well, because over time this calculation isn't exactly perfect, in order to catch up with the solar year, an extra day is planted on the calendar every four years to make up for lost time. Isn't that exciting?
Leap Day Facts:

• The Egyptians were the first to come up with a leap day to keep the calendar in sync with the sun, but the Romans were the ones to designate Feb. 29th as the official Leap day
• A century year is not a leap year unless it is divisble by 400. That means three leap days are eliminated every couple hundred years! (you do the math)
• In Greece it is believed that getting married in a leap year is bad luck
• The ol' English tradition states that women can only propose to men on leap day (watch out Susan B Anthony!)

Leap Day Birthdays:

• Superman - this was a clever way to keep the character young and account for the differences between Earth years and Kryptonian years
• Tony Robbins - American Motivational Speaker
• Ja Rule - American Rapper and Actor
• My dear friend just turned 8 yrs old today. Shout out to Jen! Happy Birthday!