A leap of faith
Feb 26, 2020
3 minutes
AT school, I knew a girl who was born on February 29. At the time, she was greatly pitied for not really having a birthday every three out of four years. Ultimately, I’d say, she’ll have the last laugh when she is able to claim—with a decent pinch of salt—to be celebrating her 20th birthday as we all turn 80.
As we all know, leap years, in which we bump up our standard 365-day Gregorian calendar to 366 with the
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