#3 What's with leap years anyway?

Cosmic Coffee Time with Andrew Prestage
17/06/2019 5 min Temporada 1 Episodio 3
#3 What's with leap years anyway?

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Send us a textCoffee smells nice today, and why do we need a leap year? When did we start doing the leap day and what would happen if we didn't bother with 29 February?What was unique about the 2000 leap year?Episodes are at cosmiccoffeetime.buzzsprout.comFollow on Twitter @CosmicCoffTime for some special content.Want to suggest a topic? email [email protected]

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