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Das Schaltjahr – 3 Things To Know About The Leap Year In Germany Posted by Sten on Feb 29, 2016
A Schaltjahr (leap year) is held every four years, except century years, unless they are divisible by 400. It dates back to Roman times, and was introduced by Julius Caesar as a solution to our 365-day long year being just about 6 hours too short to be perfectly aligned with the Earth’s orbit around the sun. But this day…