16 leap year facts for 2016, from fines for unwilling grooms to farmers' bad luck

There has not been a leap year since 2012. A leap year comes every four years and has 366 days instead of the usual 365 days that an ordinary year has. That extra day is called a leap day. The leap day is added to the shortest month of the year

There has not been a leap year since 2012. A leap year comes every four years and has 366 days instead of the usual 365 days that an ordinary year has. That extra day is called a leap day. The leap day is added to the shortest month of the year

The leap year's extra day is vital because a complete orbit around the sun takes slightly longer than 365 days – 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 46 seconds longer, to be exact. At one time people observed a 355-day calendar with an extra 22-day month every

The issue of leap years were considered in an American Court back in 2011. Over there a criminal was sentenced to “365 days” which ran over a leap year. However, the proper sentence should have been “one year”, which in a leap year is of course 366 

So, leap to it! Stagger through, if you must. It all begins at midnight, with good intents, fresh starts and all that trust. So, Happy Leap Year, everyone, and do avail that new hat because it gets cold and windy and slippy out there. Just remember