What Is a Leap Year?

You probably know that 2012 is a leap year. And that means that this year we get an extra day on February 29th. Great--an extra day. Who really cares? Well, leaplings (people born on Leap Year Day of a previous year) care, because they finally get to celebrate their actual birthday. But for the rest of us, it's just a day like any other day. So why do we go to all the trouble to have a leap year?

Epipheo shows you how, based on astronomy, the Gregorian Calendar uses leap year to keep us in tune with the sun, the stars, the universe and our inner man... (yeah, j/k about that last bit...).

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[Timothy xDeadOn]

And u just got a subscriber :)

[oboesforeva]

I'm a leapling!

Yay

[catalina aburto]

SI LO ESTAS LEYENDO NO LO DEJES DE LEER

1.-Cierra tu mano

2.-Di el nombrede tu amor

3.- Di el nombre de un dia de la semana

4.- Di tu nombre

5.-Abre tu mano

6.-Pe ga esto en 15 comentario y el dia q elegiste te dira que le gustas y te va a decir que si quires ser su novia(o).SI RECHASAS ESTO TE VA A IR MAL EN TUS RELACIONES ESTOS 3 AÑOS SIGUENTES.Ojo esto si es verdad

[luckiest18]

I loooooove your videos!!

[Zachary Laborde]

On the last point you made about Earth's rotation slowing down, isn't that the point of leap seconds?

[xYellowFangx]

my friend is a leapling

[TheCuriouskittycat]

I'm still confused by this concept

[pcodymatt]

Wow didn't know that I was called a leapling but I did know that I was born on feb 29th but at my school no one gives a shit :/

[TheMyavision]

true

[linds5000]

Actually, that means they would be born March 1 :L



[TheMyavision]

Without a leap year my favorite singer wouldn't be born :(

[Rotation1234]

Can you please tell me how did u do that animation which programe did u used?.thanks