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__**Leap Year 2016**__ Click on the links to find out more. What is a Leap Year? Definition of a Leap Year How do we know when it is a Leap Year? What is the rule? Rules for Leap Year

What day is special to only a Leap Year?

Some history about Leap Year Leap Year history The Surprising history behind Leap Year (includes video) Julius Caesar and Leap Year

__**Fun Facts**__ There are all kinds of leap day traditions and fun facts around this special day that comes every four years.
 * 4 million people in the world are leap day babies
 * Leap day babies are called leapers or leaplings
 * There is a one in 1,461 chance of being a leap day baby
 * Quite a few famous people were born on February 29th
 * Every year divisible by 4 is a leap year
 * But every year divisible by 100 is NOT a leap year
 * Unless the year is also divisible by 400, then it is still a leap year.
 * There will be 8 years between leap years 2096 and 2104
 * Women often choose this day to propose marriage to men
 * Getting married in a leap year is considered bad luck in Greece, so one in five engaged couples try to avoid it