Today, I read an interesting article by National Geographic Education (@NatGeoEducation) that I found on twitter. It was actually an article posted today about the background of Leap Year! I never knew anything really about why Leap Year Exists.
Turns out, Julius Caesar created leap year back in 45 BCE. Julius Caesar was an ancient Rome military commander and political leader. He was concerned about how the calendar would fall out of tune with the seasons. Then, Egyptian Astronomers informed him that the year was actually 365.25 days long! So, to cover for the extra one-forth of a day, Caesar added one extra day at the end of February every four years. This creation is what we know as Leap Day or Leap Year. It has been this was for over a thousand years.
I found this extremely interesting because I didn't know that information. This twitter account posts interesting facts like that or other interesting things all the time. I found this to be really interesting and useful. I would use a "Fun Fact" like that as a "warm-up" for my students in the morning. I feel that this little things could be fun and interesting for students to learn.
http://education.nationalgeographic.org/thisday/feb29/julius-caesar-takes-leap/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_twedu_2292016-TDIGH&utm_campaign=Content&sf21690351=1
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