The origins of leap year date back to ancient Rome at the time of Julius Caesar. One of the first purposes of the calendar was to coordinate dates with astronomy and the passing of seasons. In actuality, it takes the Earth almost 365.25 days to revolve around the sun -- meaning if the calendar only recorded 365 days, it would eventually drift off track from the solar events it was meant to record.
In order to offset this, Julius Caesar ordered that an extra day be added to the last month of the calendar, which at the time was February.
Over 1500 years later, most countries switched to the Gregorian calendar, which is the internationally accepted calendar we still use today. The biggest change that this made to the Julian calendar was a correction in the counting of leap years. It was found that the Earth makes its full revolution around the sun in slightly less than 365.25 days, actually taking 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 46 seconds to orbit. So a day is added every four years in the month in February.
Leap Year Day for Mr. Tiddles is an extra day to go about his business of killing. Killing for him is an addiction. So in effect, society has handed him another day to kill, every four years, which feeds his addiction of killing humans.
So, blame Society for the deaths that occur on this Leap Year Day (February 29).
"Whether you sniff it, smoke it, eat it, or shove it up your ass, the result is the same: Addiction." --William S. Burroughs
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