When is the next leap year? Here are some fascinating leap year facts, along with all the details about why leap day always falls on Feb. 29.

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Generally, every year that's evenly divisible by four contains a Leap Day — 2020, 2024, 2028 and so on. However, Leap Day is skipped in ...

Leap Day comes around once every four years on the last day in February. Although Leap Day is not an official holiday, it’s still a fun day to celebrate. Check out these Leap Day events in and around ...

Bizarrely, leap day comes with lore about women popping the marriage question to men. It was mostly benign fun, but it came with a bite that reinforced gender roles. There’s distant European ...

Numerologists, for example, see leap day as a time of stabilising energy ... Whether you choose to paint, draw or sew, getting crafty is both fun and freeing – a win-win situation.

Every four years, we are gifted an extra day in the calendar, known as Leap Day, which falls on February 29. This phenomenon, while rare, holds a variety of interesting quirks and historical ...

The day coincided with Sun's 40th birthday ... Leap Year 2024: What Is a Leap Year, Who Is a Leapling and More Fun Facts About February 29 The mother of three tells PEOPLE she will be discharged ...

And yes, that small addition makes a difference. If we didn’t have leap day, we would miss nearly 6 hours every year, which means in 100 years, our calendar would be 24 days off. The passage of ...

This accounts for the fact that the earth's complete orbit is actually 365 and ¼ days. Leap day means having an extra 24 hours of... well, everything, including time to think about your finances.

Leap years help to keep the 12-month calendar matched up with Earth’s movement around the Sun. After four years, those leftover hours add up to a whole day. In a leap year, we add this extra day ...

Mary Lea Forsythe may be turning 100, but this Leap Day, she's looking forward to marking the 25th time her birthday has actually appeared on the calendar Susan Young is a reporter for PEOPLE.