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The start of a new year brings with it an additional 24 hours.

Unlike the majority of years with 365 days, 2024 is a leap year and has 366 days. Here are some important details about this modification to your calendar:

When will the next leap year occur?

Every four years, there is a leap year. The next leap day will be on Thursday, February 29th, 2024.

NASA reports that despite the standard practice of rounding the calendar to 365 days per year, the additional six hours are not lost.

added to the end of the year.

An additional day is added to the end of the year to compensate for the impact of those additional hours.tacked onto February

Every four years, February has 29 days instead of 28, in what is known as a leap year.

Although the difference may seem insignificant, it would accumulate into a significant amount over time if not for the occurrence of leap years.

NASA explains that in locations where July is typically a warm month during the summer season, the absence of leap years would result in a significant accumulation of missing hours, eventually leading to whole days, weeks, and even months. This would eventually cause July to occur in the cold winter months after a few hundred years.

The math of leap years

Although leap years typically occur every four years, there are exceptions. In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII revised the calendar to state that every year divisible by 4 is a leap year, except for century years which must also be divisible by 400 to be classified as leap years.

To determine leap years in the Gregorian calendar, a mathematical calculation is involved. The year must be divisible by four, but if it is also divisible by 100, it is not a leap year unless it is also divisible by 400.

This is the reason why the year 2000 was designated as a leap year, while 2100, 2200, and 2300 will not be considered as leap years.

Leap Year Babies

leap year birthdays

During non-leap years, the typical celebration falls on either February 28th or March 1st. However, leap years such as 2024 are especially significant as they allow for the celebration to occur on the exact day.

Brianne Lutz told CBS Sunday Morning

In 2012, it was said that individuals born on Leap Year have a unique bond.

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Some noteworthy individuals born on February 29, also known as “Leap Year Babies”:

• Composer Gioachino Rossini (Feb. 29, 1792)
• Film director William Wellman (Feb. 29, 1896)

• On February 29, 1904, the leader of a band named Jimmy Dorsey.

• Singer Dinah Shore (Feb. 29, 1916)

• On February 29, 1920, James Mitchell was born.

• Alex Rocco, who was born on February 29, 1936 and best known for his role in “The Godfather.”

• was an American

  On February 29, 1956, Aileen Wuornos, an American, was a serial killer.

• On February 29, 1960, the inspirational speaker Tony Robbins was born.

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  Ja Rule, the hip hop artist born on February 29th, 1976 –

Aliza Chasan

Source: cbsnews.com