Hey guys and welcome to the Moms and Mysteries podcast, a true crime podcast featuring

myself, Mandy, and my dear friend Melissa. Hi, Melissa. Hi, Mandy. How are you? I'm fantastic.

It's February. It's a new month. I feel like a new person. It's only February 2nd. I told you yesterday, February was already awesome. And you're like, wow, Mandy, that's the spirit. We're only one day in.

It is. I was like, I don't know if I'm that pumped up about February, but I guess I need to be. I need to match

your excitement. But I'm glad February is here. It already is sunnier outside. Like it already

looks better. I'm telling you, there is really something to it. There's something to saying goodbye

to January. I know. Well, my daughter's birthday was in January, and we were even talking

about it. She's like, it's been like 10 days since my birthday. She's like, it feels like forever. I was

like, I know. Like, we couldn't believe it either. I know. I know. So it's also a leap year,

which is always fun. And I decided to look up like the actual reason why we have a leap year.

Do you know the reason why there is a leap year?

Okay, here's my thinking.

So we every year is technically 364 and a quarter days.

And so those move and then they add together and that adds one more day.

Well, it's 365. But the rest of what you just said

is accurate. Wait, what did I say at 364? Yeah. Oh, okay. Yeah. So I don't know if they just didn't teach

me that in school or if I have just, I obviously have never like looked it up or cared enough to really

learn or it just didn't stick with me. I probably did learn it in, like, the third grade. But yes,

that is the reason why. So the actual time it takes for the sun to go around the earth is,

or for the earth to evolve around the sun. Honestly, I couldn't tell you which way that goes,

so don't worry. It's actually 365, like, about in a quarter.

So every four years, they add a day to the calendar to make up for it. The other thing I found out, because I was like, well, what would happen if they didn't? That was, of course, my next line of thinking. Of course, you would go there, yes. Of course. So without leap days, though, the calendar would be off by five hours,

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