INTERACTIVE: Leaping into a leap year - unique facts about Feb 29


Only a total of 22,585 people were born on Feb 29 in Malaysia over the past century.

PETALING JAYA: This month, a unique day appears in our calendars: Feb 29, or leap day.

Around five million people worldwide were born on this special date, which only comes once in almost every four years.

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