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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 29 Feb 2016

    Earth takes nearly 365 1/4 days to orbit the Sun. Bank the fraction. Every 4 years add a whole day back to the neediest month

    7:28 AM - 29 Feb 2016
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      2. Serious Hat‏ @adlerelle 29 Feb 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson We need a new Sun.

        2 replies 4 retweets 14 likes
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      1. (((Outlaw Star)))‏ @Gene_Starwind 29 Feb 2016
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        @neiltyson If retailers made the call, the extra day would be in November....

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      1. Ed Buchholz‏ @ebuchholz 29 Feb 2016
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        @neiltyson Redistribution of temporal wealth.

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      1. LJ & 10,000 Prancing Pumpkins‏ @Ljmasternoob 29 Feb 2016
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        @neiltyson We need a new calendar.

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      1. chanandler bong‏ @vlwteoflw 29 Feb 2016
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        @neiltyson why february?

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      1. Sri‏ @iamsridhar 29 Feb 2016
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        @neiltyson Would have been nice to add this to December, you know, to extend the holidays a bit more :-)

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      2. J Crowley‏ @jdcrowley 29 Feb 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        No thanks. I'll just take the 1/4 day each year. @neiltyson

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. Brian WF Tobin‏ @nerdhappy 29 Feb 2016
        Replying to @jdcrowley

        @jdcrowley @neiltyson Dude, this is actually kinda genius. Imagine each year on March 1st we got 6 free hours of sleep?

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      1. Temers‏ @temerjohnson 2 Mar 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson you mean PEAR EARTH

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      2. Stephen J Henstridge‏ @HenstridgeSJ 29 Feb 2016
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        @neiltyson But who needs an extra cold winter's day? They should have put it on the end of August!

        1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
      3. T‏ @CLE_TNT 1 Mar 2016
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        @HenstridgeSJ @neiltyson unless you live in the southern hemisphere.

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      4. Stephen J Henstridge‏ @HenstridgeSJ 1 Mar 2016
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        @ttoth_tnt @neiltyson Well, it's taken a few days, but I knew someone would say that eventually ;-) Perhaps we could alternate?

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      2. Andy Lally‏Verified account @AndyLally 29 Feb 2016
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        @neiltyson I prefer to call it the most efficient month.

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      1. JP de Vries‏ @jpdevries 29 Feb 2016
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        @neiltyson what do you think about switching to a natural calendar? 13x28.

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      1. Fat Jacques‏ @Fat_Jacques 29 Feb 2016
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        @neiltyson could we add it back in summer, so we'd get an extra warm day?

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      1. Mike Smith‏ @OttoVonBiZmarck 29 Feb 2016
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        @neiltyson but why male models?

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