Forget 365 days, instead, 2012 will be packed with 366 days.
It's Leap Year and that means the month of February is 29 days, instead of 28, and 2012 is one day longer.
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So where did the Leap Year tradition get started?
Julius Caesar introduced Leap Year over 2000 years ago. 2012 and every other Leap Year happens because it takes the Earth more than 365 days a year to travel around the Sun. It actually takes about 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 46 seconds for the Earth to complete an orbit of the Sun.
To accommodate for the extra "travel time", an extra day is basically added to the calendar every four years. February 29 was originally designated as a Leap Day, but there are some exceptions. That includes: a Leap Day can occur only in years divisible by four; no year divisible by 100 can have a Leap Day, except if it is divisible by 400.
So what if someone is born on Leap Day? These Pisces don't get an "official" birthday each year, but instead have to wait four years!
Meantime, one celebrity that will be celebrating his birthday on Leap Day is rapper Ja Rule. He was born on February 29, 1976.
Some milestones in history also happened on past Leap Days. Gordie Howe made history in the NHL when he scored his 800th goal on February 29, 1980.
Looking back to Leap Year of 1984, Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" and Michael Jackson's "Thriller" were on the list of chart toppers.
Leap Day also brings out some superstitions. One popular folk tradition is that a woman may propose marriage to a man on February 29.
The Leap Year date inspired the film "Leap Year", which stars Amy Adams and Adam Scott. In the romantic comedy, Adams tries to force her boyfriend to accept her wedding proposal on Leap Day because he can't refuse her due to traditions in Ireland.
Boyfriends beware, and be ready for another Leap Day in 2016!