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February is short, so adding an extra day doesn't ever make it longer than any other month.
February is short because a Caesar, Augustus, stole a day from it so his month (August, respectively) would be 31 days instead of the original 30. When the need for leap year was discovered it was only reasonable to add it back to the shortest month of February. Also, in the Roman calendar February was the last month, so it was also reasonable to add the leap day onto the last month of the year.
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Which day will leap year day be on 2013?
2013 is not a leap year.2012 is a leap year, and the next will be 2016. When there is a leap year, leap day is always on February 29.If 2013 was going to be a leap year February 29th would fall on a Friday.
What day of the week was February 29 1985?
February 29th, 1985 was actually a leap year. So, this day of the week did not occur.
Someone was born in 1950 and today is his 18th birthday how is it possible?
Their birthday is on February 29th. (On a leap year)
If you were born on leap day February 29 1996 how old would you be if you only celebrated your birthday when February 29th came around?
14 years old.
What are the odds for being born on a leap year?
In a leap year is 1 in 4 odds On 29th February is 1 in 365 + 365 + 365 + 366 = 1 in 1,461 odds
