Archive for February, 2012

* No year that is divisible by 100 can be a leap year unless it can be divided by 400. The year 2000 was a leap year the year 1900 was not.

* Leap year babies born in the year 1884 did not celebrate a single birthday on their actual birth date throughout entire teen age years. February 29th fell on the year they turned 12 and then not again until they turned 20.

* In 1288, Queen Margret of Scotland ordered that any man who was proposed to on Leap Year’s Day and refused the proposal could be fined either a kiss, a silk dress or a pair of gloves that were to be given to the rejected woman. So a woman who was extremely unpopular could fund her entire wardrobe by proposing to a lot of men she knew would refuse her.

* Astrologers believe that anyone being born on February 29th has unusual talents and personalities befitting of their special birthday.

* People born on leap year’s day are called “Leaplings.”

* Anthony, Texas is the self proclaimed leap year capital of the world. Every year this little town that sits on the border of New Mexico holds a festival and leap year birthday celebrations complete with a carnival and hot air balloon rides. People come from all over the world to celebrate their special birthday in style.

* The chances of having a leap year birthday are 1 in 1,461

* There are approximately four million people in the world who were born on February 29th.

* Write a thank you note to someone

* Give a lottery ticket to a stranger

* Cut coupons out and leave them at the grocer register for others

* Cut an article out of the newspaper that would interest a friend and mail it to them.

* Put a comment on someone’s webpage to let them know you enjoy it

*  Send an encouraging note to a member of the military

* Start a conversation up with a co-worker that you don’t know

* Put change in a row of vending machines

* Visit a nursing home. Spend time with someone who doesn’t get visitors

* Leave a book you have already finished somewhere for someone else to read.

* Drop off a toy or game at a homeless shelter.

* Invite someone who is alone over for dinner.

* Put a quarter in a parking meter that has expired

* Write a note to management praising an employee who helped you.

* Offer to baby sit for a single parent or young couple in your neighborhood.

* Write anonymous, loving post-its for strangers to find.