Why Do We Have a Leap Year Anyway?
Briefly

And here we are again on the cusp of our quadrennial exercise in timekeeping: leap day 2024 is almost upon us.
One is the day, the length of time it takes Earth to spin once on its axis. The other is the year, the time it takes for Earth to complete an orbit of the sun.
Read at www.scientificamerican.com
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