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From February 29, 1896, through February 29, 1996 inclusive, how many February 29th's were there?

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While it seems like a simple matter of adding a leap day every four years, our calendar system has a clever exception built in. This adjustment is necessary because the Earthโ€™s journey around the sun is not precisely 365.25 days long; it's actually a tiny bit shorter, at about 3