Leap year

365 days, wait, its not the movie on netflix. It's about the day needs the earth to orbits the sun. Actually, it is 365days and 1/4day. Pope Gregory XIII coined the term leap year and added february 29 as the official date to add a leap year Leap year is created to keep our calendar in alignment to the earth revolving the sun. We would lose 6 hours if leap year is not added and without leap days we would lose 24 days after 100 years. There are some interesting myths about leap years. And some take it seriously. Women propose to men - according to an old irish legend, St Brigid opens the gate for women to propose to men every 4 years In Greek, tying a knot on february 29 is unlucky A man needs to buy 12 gloves for the women if they say no to the womens proposal