A leap year comes every four years and includes 366 days instead of 365, but did you know there are various misconceptions associated with this year?
In a leap year, an extra day is added to the calendar to correspond with the Earth’s orbit around the sun and astronomical seasons. Without the extra day in February, the calendar and seasons would eventually fall out of sync.
The extra.25 produces a leap year every four years, allowing the calendar to match with the solar year, which lasts around 365.25 days.
This system was developed by Julius Caesar, the Father of Leap Year, in 45 BC to rectify Egypt’s 365-day year, and without it, our present calendar off by 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 45 seconds each year.
However, people have associated many myths to the leap year and the leap day which is the extra day added to the calendar on February 29th
