No Perfect Calendar: Why We Have Leap Years and Why the Earth's Always out of Sync

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By Deutsche WelleFeb 29, 2020, 2:00 pm172 pts
By Zulfikar Abbany Family lore has it my father was born on Feb. 29, 1936 — a leap day in a leap year many moons ago. It seems fitting for a man who says he's "not interested" in birthdays that he should have the option of missing his three years out of (almost) every four. But given my dad's talent for…

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