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To: MtnClimber
2 posted on
02/29/2024 12:43:25 PM PST by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
>>>...that leap days like today will not be necessary, about 4 million years from now. <<<
I can’t wait......................
4 posted on
02/29/2024 12:47:57 PM PST by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: MtnClimber
...In 1582 Pope Gregory XIII provided the further fine-tuning that leap days should not occur in years ending in 00, unless divisible by 400.... This is both imprecise and hyperbolic. The fine-tuning was done by Aloysus Lilius. Gregory just implemented it.
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