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Leap Year
Who else is excited for this? I am! I've been doing research on why it happens, and here's some of what I've figured out: The Earth actually takes 365.2442 days to orbit the Sun, and early people noticed that the stars were out of alignment because of that extra .2442 day. So they created an extra day for when there was enough "extra bits" to make a whoke day out of! Pretty cool, right? Feel free to share your thoughts, theories, and research on this astronomical phenomenon!
submitted by Scylla
(February 26, 2016 - 9:49 pm)
(February 26, 2016 - 9:49 pm)
SO excited!!! What other day only comes once every 4 years??? IT'S A DAY THAT DOESN'T EVEN EXSIST FOR 3 OUT OF 4 YEARS!!! Who wouldn't be excited!!!
My still nameless CAPTCHA says orub. Like orb? Like a secret mystery orb??? How very mysterious...
(February 26, 2016 - 10:04 pm)
Well, election day comes once every 4 years... lol
(March 8, 2016 - 2:48 pm)
Well the day still exists every year. Leap day is nonexistant until leap year.
(March 8, 2016 - 7:06 pm)
So do the olympics!
(March 8, 2016 - 7:24 pm)
(February 27, 2016 - 11:31 am)
Cool!
:D
I think I heard somewhere that 365.2442 is equal to 365 days, 5 hours, 47 minutes, 48 seconds . . .
o.o
(February 27, 2016 - 12:00 pm)
Leap Day!
I'm excited!!! Are you guys going to do anything special on this 1 day that comes only every 4 years?
(February 27, 2016 - 3:47 pm)
I'd love to do something cool but I can't think of anything...
(February 27, 2016 - 5:55 pm)
I have a neighbor whose birthday is on a leap year, so he has only really had eleven birthdays (that's a really good book by Wendy Mass!), but he's in his 40's!
(February 27, 2016 - 7:06 pm)
I'd love to do something fun, but I've got school.
FUN FACT: The likeliness of being born on Leap Day is roughly 1/1,461.
FUN FACT II: In Greece, it is said that marrying on Leap Day is bad luck.
(February 28, 2016 - 11:50 am)
Hoppy leap day! I love the google doodle for today! Has anyone else entered doodle for google? I did, but it didn't actually enter because I entered it at 12:01 the last day!!!!!! Sooo cloooooose....
Eevee says eiou. Eevee: I owe you? What did I lend you?
(February 29, 2016 - 1:46 pm)
I entered but I didn't get into the state and territory winners. Blah. I'll post it on here if anyone wants to see it.
(February 29, 2016 - 11:56 pm)
Here's mine! I did two. The first one is 'plants' because I really like plants and making things grow. The second one is 'arts and crafts' because I like stuff like that!
(March 2, 2016 - 1:42 pm)
Here's the other one!
(March 2, 2016 - 1:43 pm)
HAPPY LEAP DAY EVERYONE!!!
(February 29, 2016 - 7:41 pm)