Feb 29th 1504 was a good day for Christopher Columbus too. For several months the famous explorer had been marooned on the island of Jamaica. He had been greeted warmly by the natives who helped him and his vast ship and crew survive in the foreign land by providing food and guides etc. However his arrogance and disrespect for the people had caused them to stop this gesture of goodwill. Cause, you know, he was being a dick.

Outraged by this, Columbus consulted his shipboard almanac to ask if there was anything he could use to trick the natives. As it happens, there was a lunar eclipse coming up. On the 29th feb, the day of the eclipse, he gathered the natives and told them that god was angry for their disrespect and would take away the sun. Disappearing inside his ship during the eclipse, he waited as the good people begged for their women and children. He agreed to 'bring the sun back', and essentially enslaved the people until he was rescued.

WHAT A DICK.

happy leap year