- What do you know about a leap year?
If your birthday is on a leap day in a leap year on February 29th, that’s pretty rare and more fun facts!
- There will be 8 years between leap years in 2096 and 2104.
- A leapling can say they’re 8 years old when they’re actually 32, considering both their actual age and their quadrennial age.
- Superman was born on a leap day.
- In Scotland, leap day is considered an unlucky time to be born, leading to a life of bad luck.
- If the year is divisible by 100 it’s not a leap year unless the year is also divisible by 400. Wow, so many details.
- Chances of being a Leap Day baby are one in 1,461.
- Every year that’s divisible by 4 is a leap year.
- Caesar’s calendar worked for a while but eventually it was observed that Earth has 365.24 days per year, not the “standard” 365 days. Caesar eventually did away with the Egyptian calendar and added a Leap Year, once every four years to keep solar and man-made calendars in sync.
- Leapers or leaplings are names for babies when they’re born on Leap Day.
- A leap day birthday is the most rare of all birthdays.
- There are 4 million people in the world born on leap
day. - The first of a 365 day calendar with a leap year occurred during the Egyptian Empire. They were creating a calendar similar to the Solar Calendar to keep their seasons on track.
- Ruler of the Roman Empire, Julius Caesar, became the modern day Father of Leap Year.
- People with a leap day birthday can choose when to celebrate their birthday. Often some will pick either February 28th or March 1st, though some feel that February 28th is too early and go with March 1st.
- The town of Anthony, Texas is the self-proclaimed “Leap Year Capital of the World. They celebrate the day by hosting a Quadrennial Leap Year Festival.
- The next leap years (after 2024) will be 2028, 2032, and 2036.
- Famous people like Ja Rule, Tony Robbins, and Al Rosen were born on February 29th.
- If you get married in Greece in a leap year, it can be bad luck. One in five engaged couples actively avoid planning a wedding during these years.
- Caesar recognized the winter season, creating a 12 month, 365 day calendar based off of the Egyptians calendar.
- Every year divisible by 100 is not a leap year.
- Women sometimes propose marriage to their men on February 29th or even initiate a dance with them. Legend says it all came from a deal St. Brigid struck with St. Patrick when she asked for women to have the right to propose to men.
- Harry Craddock created a special cocktail for parents to drink. It was made at February 29th festivities at London’s Savoy Hotel in 1928. The drink has gin, sweet vermouth, Grand Marnier, and lemon juice. 10. Many leapers go “all out” with celebrations.
- In some cultures, there was no leap year on the 29th. They would instead have two February 24ths. What a weird way to “have” a day and how confusing!