Did you feel it? Did you feel the Leap? We leapt! If you just so happened to have been born on Leap Day, Happy Birthday for the first time in four years! That means that all of you 40 year olds are just now turning 10 years old! Would you like a Star Wars or Frozen-themed party? Either way, we’re up for it! Click below for some of our favorite birthday greetings for the kid (or adult) in you!
But, why do Leap Year and Leap Day even happen at all? Bustle had a great little feature on why Leap Day is, including fun tidbits about how Leap Day was traditionally a day that women could propose to men (the scandal!). Scientifically speaking, however, Leap Day is our solution to the problem that it actually takes the Earth 365 days, five hours, 48 minutes and 45 seconds to completely revolve around the Sun. You know how we love a good cosmos story…The next leap day won’t be until the year 2020, so we hope you had a fabulous time living it up. These two did:
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