The next time is this Thursday, when we'll have a rare Feb. 29. What is Leap Day, and why do we have it? Short answer: Every four years, in the same years as American presidential elections and ...

Leap day means having an extra 24 hours of ... Enter your email in the box and click Sign Me Up. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of ...

And yes, that small addition makes a difference. If we didn’t have leap day, we would miss nearly 6 hours every year, which means in 100 years, our calendar would be 24 days off. The passage of ...

The emperor Caesar adopted a 365-day calendar and added 10 days to it, including a leap day in February every four years, writes Calendar.com. Eventually, the calendar we all know was adopted by ...

Jennifer White and Eddie Roach of Plymouth had spent days joking with their kids about the possibility that the family’s newest member might be born on leap day. Their daughters told riddles and ...

Leap years help to keep the 12-month calendar matched up with Earth’s movement around the Sun. After four years, those leftover hours add up to a whole day. In a leap year, we add this extra day ...

Every four years, we are gifted an extra day in the calendar, known as Leap Day, which falls on February 29. This phenomenon, while rare, holds a variety of interesting quirks and historical ...

Check out these kid-friendly events to commemorate the occasion. Leap Day comes around once every four years on the last day in February. Although Leap Day is not an official holiday, it’s still a fun ...

Artist Monster Chetwynd leads a delightfully bonkers exploration of the Leap Day. It takes 365 ¼ days for the earth to rotate around the sun. But the calendar year is 365 days. So, to synchronize ...

February 29 only comes around every four years - do you know the Irish history and traditions of Leap Day? Ireland's folklore is full of wonderful, funny, strange, but sometimes outdated ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Generally, every year that's evenly divisible by four contains a Leap Day — 2020, 2024, 2028 and so on. However, Leap Day is skipped in ...