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xkcd #2897: Light Leap Years (imgs.xkcd.com)
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When Pope Gregory XIII briefly shortened the light-year in 1582, it led to navigational chaos and the loss of several Papal starships.

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[–] EtzBetz@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago

Oh okay. Yeah I only have that rule of "every 4 years" in my head. I did some other programming exercise way back where we had some other rule, but I was thinking that it would end up being the same.