XL Country 100.7 KXLB Radio » leap day http://xlcountry.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:13:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Things You Might Not Know About Leap Day http://xlcountry.com/leap-day-facts/ http://xlcountry.com/leap-day-facts/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:59:08 +0000 Shauna Wright http://thefw.com/?p=104571 We have Feb. 29th — otherwise known as Leap Day — every four years to make up for the fact that the Earth doesn’t circle the sun in exactly 365 days. Without that occasional extra day thrown in, our entire calendar and its corresponding seasons would eventually be way off and we’d be celebrating Christmas during bikini weather.

But it isn’t just a scientific thing. There’s a lot of lore behind it, and it’s observed and celebrated in a variety of ways.

]]> http://xlcountry.com/leap-day-facts/feed/ 0 danmoyle, Flickr Happy Leap Day! http://xlcountry.com/happy-leap-day/ http://xlcountry.com/happy-leap-day/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:06:48 +0000 Tom Jordan http://xlcountry.com/?p=78013 Take A Leap! :)  Today is the extra day you get this year.  What are you going to do today that is different?

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