There are typically 365 days in a year, but in 2024 we get 366. Here's the history behind February's bonus day.

For the 'leapling' babies born at maternity wards across Northern Ireland earlier this week ... the midwives were "all so excited" about a leap day baby, Martina said. Her due date was 26 February ...

I've been lucky enough to visit family in Ireland a few times now, and have witnessed far fewer Claddagh rings or trademark Irish catchphrases than Leap Year might have you believe. In other words ...

If you look at your calendar this week, you will see an unusual date: Feb. 29. That’s because 2024 is what’s known as a leap year — and while those in the Northern Hemisphere might not be ...

Bizarrely, leap day comes with lore about women popping the ... One story places the idea of women proposing in fifth century Ireland, with St. Bridget appealing to St. Patrick to offer women ...

A lot of annoying little hacks are needed to keep our integer-based calendar in sync with a floating-point universe, and the big one, leap day, passed us by this week. Aside from the ignominy of a ...

Leap day statistics estimate the odds of a Feb. 29 birthday at about 1 in 1,500. The extra 24 hours on Feb. 29 are necessary about every four years — a leap year — to keep the calendar in line ...