Happy Leap Day!
Where: Culver's - 1001 W Connexion Way, Columbia City, IN 46725
When: Thursday, 2/29/24
Time: 4:30pm - 5:30pm or later
No purchase is required
All are welcome!
This day only happens once every 4 years, or once every 1,461 days. Come on out to celebrate!
Fun Facts about Leap Year
- Without leap day, our calendar would be off by about 24 days every century, or every 100 years!
- The first leap year was introduced in 46 BCE by Julius Caesar of Rome.
- People born on a Leap Day are sometimes called leaplings.
- More than 4 million people around the world are leaplings.
- On non-leap years, some leaplings choose to celebrate their birthdays a day early on February 28, while others choose to celebrate a day later on March 1.
- There is an international club for leaplings! The Honor Society of Leap Year Babies has over 10,000 members worldwide.
- Some cultures that use a lunar calendar – a calendar that is based on the moon’s movement - add a whole leap month every three years.
- The Summer Olympic Games are held every four years on leap years.
- Since 2020 is a leap year, the next leap year will be in 2024. That means the next leap day is 1461 days away!
- There are 525,600 minutes in a typical calendar year. On leap years, there are 527,040 minutes. What will you do with the extra 1,440 minutes this leap year?