Fun Facts About The Leap Year and Why do we have a Leap Year
Fun Facts About a Leap Year: Why do we have a leap year? February 29th only happens once every four years. In the Gregorian calendar, at least. And 2016 is a leap year, meaning we have 366 days this year instead of the normal 365. Why do we have leap years? It's all down to the number of days it takes for the Earth to orbit the sun. We all take it as given that it's 365 days. It isn't. It's actually 365.25 days. This means we have an extra quarter of a day floating around. And that has to go somewhere or the universe will implode. That's why we have a leap year. We simply add four quarter-days together to make a full day and plonk it on the calendar every four years. It's not actually as simple as that, though. How long is a year? I mean, really. How long is an actual year? And be accurate and precise. The amount of time it takes for the Earth to orbit the sun is actually 365 days, 5 hours, 48 ...