Today’s Post Prompt is just that one word, Leap.
I assume this is to do with today being the 29th.
The day is necessary almost every four years because it takes a little under 365 and a quarter days for the Earth to go around the Sun.
A fact not many people know is that end-of-century years like 1900 and 1800 weren’t Leap Years. Only end-of-century years that divide by 400, like 2000 are Leap Years.
It was law in the Middle Ages that if a woman proposed to a man on this day and he refused he was obliged to buy her 12 pairs of gloves to hide the fact that she wasn’t wearing and engagement ring.
Sorry, guys, that’s all I’ve got. My mine of useless information is empty.
So, what have you got?
