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Tahan Valdez celebrates her 3rd birthday with her family at Panaʻewa Rainforest Zoo on the Big Island. Born on a leap day, her true birth date comes around only once every four years.

Sophomore Tahan Valdez celebrates fourth birthday

By Jonah Salomon, staff writer
February 29, 2020
February 29, 2012 marks the third leap day of the millennium. Leap day is added to the calendar in order to compensate for the extra 6 hours it takes the earth to orbit the sun every year that do not make it onto the regular calendar.

Learn about Leap Day

By Hoku Krueger, news co-editor
February 28, 2012
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