February is packed with interesting observances ... tech and fun facts all week long. A leap year is a calendar year that has an extra day, compared with our common year. The point of leap ...

Every fourth year, those extra quarter-days get added to the calendar to make one full day – February 29. 2 This means every leap year has 366 days! 3 A leap year happens when the year can be ...

We've used leap years for over 2,000 years so our calendars are more in sync with ... regardless of gender. This year, 29th February falls on a Thursday, meaning you'll actually have to leap ...