Five Fun Facts For Friday for the leap year!
1. It's not as simple as adding a day every four years. For a particular year to be a Leap Year, three criteria must be met: One, the year must be evenly divisible by 4. Two, if the year can ALSO be evenly divided by 100, it's NOT a Leap Year. And three, if the year is evenly divisible by 400 then it IS a Leap Year.
2. In addition to Leap Days and Leap Years, there's also a Leap Second. The last one was added on December 31st, 2016, and the next one might be added on December 31st of this year.
3. Less than 0.07% of the world's population is estimated to have been born on February 29th . . . which means only about 205,000 people in the U.S. have a birthday tomorrow.
4. Leap years in history: During leap years, George Armstrong Custer fought the Battle of the Little Bighorn (1876), the Titanic sank (1912), Benjamin Franklin proved that lightning is electricity (1752) and and gold was discovered in California (1848).
5. It's National Public Sleeping Day!