They can't really be avoided if you want to have the day be a unit of
time that we care about.

There is not a whole number of days in a year, since the rotation speed
of the earth isn't tied down to the revolution speed of the earth about
the sun.

We like to track days as well as years, so we have to make due.

Jagwio wrote:
> 
> Who invented leap years??!!  What a weirdo, i mean, "Hey guys, the calendar's
> wrong so here's the plan:  years divisble by 4 are leap years, except if by 100
> and not 400!  Trust me, it works!!"
> 
> Well, not to weird, but it just makes you wonder.
> 
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