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Interesting Facts on Leap Year

Happy Leap Day? huh? what? Is there even such a thing as Leap Day? Does one leap on leap day? =) ENJOY YOUR LEAP DAY OFF GOOD SHEPHERD! 

  • The Gregorian calendar has a 400-year cycle until it repeats the same weekdays for every year–February 29, 2008, is a Friday and February 29, 2408, is a Friday.
  • The Gregorian calendar has 97 leap years during those 400 years.
  • The longest time between two leap years is eight years. The last time that occurred was between 1896 and1904. The next time will be between 2096 and 2104.


Find out more like first time leap year was used and other interesting facts about LEAP YEARS, by browsing through :   http://www.timeanddate.com/date/leapyear.html  

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VIDEO ALERT!

Take a few minutes to watch the videos I put up, they are fun and insightful. Hope you enjoy them-I love ‘em! 

Feb2008229pm08, FriUTC2008-02-29T18:42:10+00:00UTC02bUTCFri, 29 Feb 2008 18:42:10 +0000 31, 2007 Posted by msbhakta | 1 | | 1 Comment

Eat healthy after all you are what you eat!

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Gotta Eat Breakfast

Boys & girls jump start your morning by eating breakfast everyday. Science has proven that having breakfast in the morning keeps you alert and gets the brain thinking during the school day! EAT BREAKFAST PLEASE! 

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Ice-Ice Baby-Cool Experiment!

Have an adult present if you try this at home!  It is literally the COOLEST experiment! =)

 

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Electricity

Feb2008229pm08, FriUTC2008-02-29T17:50:25+00:00UTC02bUTCFri, 29 Feb 2008 17:50:25 +0000 31, 2007 Posted by msbhakta | Science Videos | | 1 Comment