You Know This - Leap Day

Happy Leap Day!

My friend Paul turned 7 today!

Happy Birthday Paul Carcamo!

And now for some random Leap Day facts...

- A person born on February 29th is referred to as a leapling or a leaper.

- In Scotland it is considered unlucky to be born on leap day.

- Leaplings will never have a golden birthday because they will have to be 116 when they turn 29 on the 29^th.

- An old English tradition states that women may propose marriage on leap day.

- 20% of women in Australia support this tradition today.

- Ja Rule (famous rapper) was born on February 29^th.

- According to astrologers, those born on February 29^th have unusual talents and personalities reflecting their special status.

- Back in the day, it was considered that no one had legal status on leap day.

- The calendar is still off by 0.0031 days, which means every 3,300 years the solar year and the calendar year will be off by one day.

- Leaplings born in 1984 had no birthday during their entire teen-age years because 1990 was not a leap year.