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  2. Leap year - Wikipedia

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    A leap year (also known as an intercalary year or bissextile year) is a calendar year that contains an additional day (or, in the case of a lunisolar calendar, a month) compared to a common year. The 366th day (or 13th month) is added to keep the calendar year synchronised with the astronomical year or seasonal year . [ 1 ]

  3. A year is only a leap year if it is evenly divisible by four, and "if the year can be evenly divided by 100, it is not a leap year unless the year is also evenly divisible by 400," according to ...

  4. Why do we have a leap year? What would happen if we didn’t ...

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    He said the rule is if a “year is divisible by 100 and not divisible by 400,” then the leap year is skipped to adjust the time difference given to years with the extra day. The next time a ...

  5. 2024 is a leap year. Here's what that means — and why we ...

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    The year 2000 was a leap year, but it broke one of the rules: 2000/4 = 500 ...That completes the 1st rule. 2000/100 = 20 ...That breaks the leap year rule,

  6. 2024 in California - Wikipedia

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    September 23 – California sues ExxonMobil, alleging that the company lied about the recyclability of plastic. [109] September 24 – A man hijacks a passenger bus in Los Angeles, killing one person. [110] September 25 – A bomb explodes in a courthouse in Santa Maria, leaving several people injured. The Preparation was arrested shortly after ...

  7. 2024 is a leap year, but why? Here’s the science behind the ...

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    Years divisible by 100 (century years such as 1900 or 2000) cannot be leap years unless they are also divisible by 400. (For this reason, the years 1700, 1800, and 1900 were not leap years, but ...

  8. TW Telecom - Wikipedia

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    The company had used the name Time Warner Telecom under an agreement with Time Warner Inc., its former parent company. The name was changed when Time Warner Inc. declined to renew the agreement allowing the use of its name. The company had considered several names, but elected to use the initials "tw" to help maintain its brand legacy in the ...

  9. Why do we have Leap Year? A guide to the calendar's ... - AOL

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    There are typically 365 days in a year, but in 2024 we get 366. Here's the history behind February's bonus day.