A friend of mine admitted to posting today mostly because it is Leap Day and we get this chance only once every four years. I’m joining the crowd too. Apparently the orbit of the earth around the sun takes 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 45 seconds. Don’t you ever wonder where those extra few minutes get picked up?
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