Why is this year different than the three years before it? Because as you probably know, during leap year February has an additional day. So instead of 365 days, in leap years there are 366. Thank you Captain Obvious.
Since it's such an infrequent occurrence—like me exercising or Scarlett Johansson returning my calls, there are a few interesting facts about a leap year:
What do you call them? People born on February 29th call themselves Leaplings. Or Leapsters. Or Leapers.
Never tell me the odds. The odds of being born on February 29th are 1 in 1,461, or .068 per cent.
Happy birthday to you. Leap year babies actually get to have birthdays the other years. As a rule, they usually celebrate it March 1st.
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's his birthday! Superman was born on February 29th.
I was curious why we even have leap years—who isn't, amirite? So here's a little explanation I grabbed off the interwebs:
So not only is this blog wildly entertaining to read, it's also educational. You're welcome.
Leap years are like daylight saving, except instead of springing forward an hour you get to do it for a whole day. Ok, so analogies may not be my strong suit, but you see where I'm going.
My point is you have an extra day to do something you like, be nice to someone, forget all about pandemic diseases that may wipe out the entirety of mankind with a sneeze, and not listen to news about the unstable genius and his incoherent orange ramblings.
As everyone says to the bride, this is your day.
So do with it what you will, and make it one to remember.
Because no matter how you decide to celebrate your extra 24 hours, you'll only have four years to think of a way to top it.
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