Who knew that leap seconds were even a thing?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Did you realize that 2024 had an extra day? That's because 2024 was a Leap Year, meaning it had 366 days instead of the usual 365.

Is 2026 a leap year? There's something about the randomness of throwing an extra day into a month once every few years that grabs our attention and curiosity. Feb. 29 has all sorts of myths and trivia ...

While there are plenty of things to note in the calendar for 2024, one of the biggest is that this year is a leap year. A leap year means there's an extra day in the calendar. "It takes approximately ...

2024 is a leap year, which means that the month of February has an extra day at the end: February 29. Although this is a relatively common phenomenon, occurring every four years, many people don't ...

The Instagram post, which is one of several with the same claim that have popped up online, says that February is a type of calendar occurrence that happens once every 823 years.

• The point of the leap year is to help adjust the Gregorian calendar by adding an extra day every four years. But even that doesn’t quite do the trick, which is why scientists periodically call for a ...

It's not every year that you see February 29 on the calendar -- and it's not technically every four years either. Thursday is officially leap day. For some, its birthdate, or a day for special deals ...

While there are plenty of things to note in the calendar for 2024, one of the biggest is that this year is a leap year. But what exactly does that mean, how often does it happen and why? A leap year ...