Feb. 29 has all sorts of myths and trivia associated with it, not to mention leaplings, those people born on the day.

Once every four years, an extra day is added to the month of February. That year is considered a leap year, and February 29 is known as a leap day. Leap years exist because it takes the Earth 365 days ...

Saturday is Feb. 29, a.k.a. leap day, a date that appears on our calendars only once every four years. Leap day is added because it takes the Earth 365 days, five hours, 48 minutes and 45 seconds to ...

Leap years account for the Earth’s 365.2420-day orbit, with complex rules deciding when an extra day is added to February. Shrapnel from Marines anniversary demonstration detonates over California ...