Here are some things you may not know about the leap year, from famous people born on leap day, to why it is added to February and not other months. Not every fourth year is a leap yearOnly if the year is divisible by 400 will there be 366 days to make it a leap year. Julius Caesar then reworked the calendar to align it with the sun, adding a Leap Day. They are specialThe chance of someone being born on leap day is 1 in 1461, or the total number of calendar days in a four-year cycle. According to the Guinness World Records, the Henriksen family from Andenes, Norway, currently holds the official record for the most number of children born in one family on leap day.

Source: thestar February 29, 2020 00:00 UTC