How Leap Years Work

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How Leap Years Work

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Jul 14, 2008

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A normal calendar years is 365 days long, but the earth actually takes 365.2422 days to completely orbit the sun. Learn more about leap years in this HowStuffWorks podcast. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

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Jul 14, 2008

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