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It's called the Gregorian calendar because pope Gregory { initiated _9 } it. The Gregorian calendar is just like the Julian calendar, but it has got a few more rules, so while every fourth year is a leap year. Every year that's { divisible _9 } by 100 are now no longer leap years. That means that years 1700, 1800, 1900 those were not leap years even knowing they { normally _8 } would be. And here is another rule, if the year is also divisible by 400, then it is still a leap year. Which means that the year 2000 that was a leap year. And without those complicated { rules _5 }, our calendars can stay in sync with the star for millennia to come. But, one more thing. Did you know that the Earth's { rotation _8 } is slowing at a way of .005 seconds per year? And that means in about two { billion _7 } years we're gonna have to add one more leap year to { keep us _7 } in sync. But don't worry we've got { plenty _6 } of time to revise the calendar and fix that. | It's called the Gregorian calendar because pope Gregory { initiated _9 } it. The Gregorian calendar is just like the Julian calendar, but it has got a few more rules, so while every fourth year is a leap year. Every year that's { divisible _9 } by 100 are now no longer leap years. That means that years 1700, 1800, 1900 those were not leap years even knowing they { normally _8 } would be. And here is another rule, if the year is also divisible by 400, then it is still a leap year. Which means that the year 2000 that was a leap year. And without those complicated { rules _5 }, our calendars can stay in sync with the star for millennia to come. But, one more thing. Did you know that the Earth's { rotation _8 } is slowing at a way of .005 seconds per year? And that means in about two { billion _7 } years we're gonna have to add one more leap year to { keep us _7 } in sync. But don't worry we've got { plenty _6 } of time to revise the calendar and fix that. | ||
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