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Check if any year is a leap year and understand the rules
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📜 Historical Context
The concept of leap years has been refined over centuries to keep our calendar synchronized with Earth's orbit:
Key Milestones:
- 45 BCE: Julius Caesar introduced the Julian calendar with a leap year every 4 years
- 1582: Pope Gregory XIII introduced the Gregorian calendar to fix calendar drift
- 1582-Present: 108 leap years have occurred since the Gregorian calendar adoption
The Gregorian calendar's leap year rules prevent a drift of about 3 days every 400 years that occurred in the Julian calendar.