2024 is a leap year, meaning Thursday, Feb. 29 is a once-in-every-four-year event. Since leap years typically happen every four years (although there are some exceptions), our last leap days were in ...

Saturday is Feb. 29, a.k.a. leap day, a date that appears on our calendars only once every four years. Leap day is added because it takes the Earth 365 days, five hours, 48 minutes and 45 seconds to ...

Hello, March! No, wait ... For those might not have taken an second glance at their calendars, it's Leap Day! On top of having an extra 24 hours to spend, Feb. 29 is a day filled with unique ...

Just think of how much you can get done with an extra day. But, you can't use that excuse this year because we got it! It's a leap year, which means if you have a birthday on Feb. 29, you better get ...

WAYNE, Pa. (WPVI) -- Of the approximately eight billion people on earth, an estimated five million share a Leap Day birthday. They are known as leaplings. Nico Chen of Wayne, Pennsylvania, was born on ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Today isn’t just any old Thursday in February. Thursday, Feb. 29 has a special claim to fame. Today is leap day, the day inserted into the calendar every four years to keep our ...

LIVE SUPER DOPPLER FOUR DAY NOW. TODAY IS ALSO A FEBRUARY 29TH, WHICH IS LEAP DAY. THIS IS THE EXTRA DAY WE ADD TO THE CALENDAR EVERY FOUR YEARS. HELPS CALENDAR GET BACK ON TRACK. METEOROLOGIST ...

Leap year. It's a delight for the calendar and math nerds among us. So how did it all begin and why?Have a look at some of the numbers, history and lore behind the (not quite) every four year phenom ...

This February is a little longer than usual. It's a leap year, and today — Thursday, Feb. 29 — is Leap Day. The calendar oddity means this year is actually 366 days long, instead of the regular 365.

Leap day is what happens when we rely on dictators like Julius Caesar to solve problems. It’s hit and miss — and then you circle back to the same issue every four years or so. While Caesar, the ...

Take advantage of the extra day we get this year by exploring the deals and promotion that many places offer on Leap Day. This Thursday, Feb. 29 is Leap Day which happens every four years. We have ...

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