Cheers to the Leap Year!

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What is a Leap Year?

Every four years, an extra day in February to complete the Gregorian calendar. This is because one orbit of the Earth takes 365.2422 days, and to synchronize this with the four seasons, adding an extra day brings the calendar in line.
If we eliminate leap day, there would be an excess of 5 hours, 48 minutes and 47 seconds each year.
But why in February?
When Julius Ceasar reigned, he created February with 30 days, July (named after him) with 31, and August with 29 days. but when Augustus Ceasar came into power, he put more more days to his month, August, and deducted 2 days from February. With February having the least number of days, the extra day during Leap Year was assigned to this month
Did you know?
1.) Leaping frogs are associated with the leap year.

2.) Leap day is also known as Ladies’ Day. In 1288, Queen Margaret of Scotland began the tradition of ladies proposing marriage to the men. If a man refused, he would give the lady a kiss, a silk dress or 12 pairs of gloves.

3.) If you are born on Leap Day, you are called a “leapling” or “leaper”.

4.) Leap Day 2016 is also the 9th annual Rare Diseases Awareness Day.

5.) US Presidential elections comes every leap year.
5 Famous leap year personalities:

1.) Pope Paul III, last Renaissance Pope

2.) Robert Bage, English writer

3.) Former Venezuelan President Antonio Guzman Blanco

4.) William Wellman, American film director who won the first Best Picture in the Oscars for his film “WINGS” (1928)

5.) American Rapper, singer and Actor, Ja Rule