The good news is, you can still celebrate at Chuck E. Okay, okay, so you’re still aging, but you only celebrate your birthday every four years, which means that if you’re turning 40 years old, you’d only technically be 10. 29, you’re not just birthday twins with Ja Rule, you’re also technically aging slower than other people. Ah, math! What Happens If You Were Born on a Leap Year? That means that 1700, 18 were not Leap Years, but 2000 was and 2400 will be a Leap Year. How Often Is a Leap Year?Ī Leap Year occurs every four years, but because of math, there are a few times in history where every fourth year has not and will not be a Leap Year.Ī century year cannot be a Leap Year unless it is divisible by 400. You may think that adding one measly day per year doesn’t add up, but it does!įun Fact: Julius Caesar was actually the one to come up with the initial solution, adding a day to February, while Pope Gregory XIII (who’s responsible for the Gregorian Calendar) made a few revisions that have become our current calendar. 2422 of a day (although we’d argue anything’s possible with a long enough nap …) so every four years, we have a Leap Year to catch up. We say “approximately” because it really takes 365.2422 days for a full revolution. It takes approximately 365 days for the earth to complete its orbit around the sun. It’s not just some arbitrary add to make us work one extra day of the year - the reasons for having it are actually scientific. That year is called, you guessed it, a Leap Year. the one that we all use, is usually made up of 365 days, but every four years we have a year with 366 days. The small difference between 365.25 and 365.2422 made each calendar year about 11 minutes shorter than the seasonal calendar, so the calendar was an entire day short every 128 years. It has to do with catching up to the Gregorian calendar and the rotation of the sun. He then made a 365.25-day yeara tiny bit longer than the 365.2422 solar yearthat added a leap day every fourth year. Happy Leap Day! No, don’t start jumping just yet, this holiday has nothing to do with frogs or ballet.
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