2016 will bring us the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a new president will be elected in November, and NASA’s spaceship Juno, will arrive at Jupiter. These amazing events will be part of what people know as a leap year. A leap year is when there is an additional day, February 29^th, which is added to the calendar, making this year have 366 days. This interesting occurrence happens every four years. The origin of a leap year is dated back to Julius Caesar, but the modern leap year is attributed to Pope Gregory the 13^th, from the sixteenth century. A funny thing about leap years is that people born on February 29^th, get the comical claim that they are only able to celebrate a birthday every 4 years. However, they tend to celebrate their birthday on March 1^st. Though this being a leap year will not be the highlight of the year (hopefully), it is kind of cool to enjoy an extra day to achieve your yearly goals.