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The student news site of North Forsyth High School

The Raider Wire

The student news site of North Forsyth High School

The Raider Wire

Every four years we have an extra day in February, but the question is why? The reasoning goes back as far as the time of the Roman Empire.

Why is Every Year Not Leap Year?

Ramya Raja, Staff Writer May 15, 2017

Every four years, the calendar has an extra day added to it and the world then has twenty-nine days in February rather than only twenty-eight. But the question is: why does the calendar have just one leap...

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