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• In Rye, New Hampshire, Lillian Edin celebrated her 25th birthday -- although she is 100 years old. "I feel 25, until I start trying to walk," Edin said, according to WMUR-TV. "I can't believe I've lived this age. I really can't." She was feted with lunch and cupcakes. [WMUR, 2/29/2024]
• A brother and sister who were both born on Leap Day four years apart are getting to celebrate the unusual birthday for the first time.
Omri Demchak, 8, and his sister, Scout, 4, celebrated with more than 50 people at the coffee shop their parents own in Brooklyn, New York.
Most years, the family celebrate Omri's birthday on Feb. 28 and Scout's on March 1.
Mom Lindsay Demchak said neither of the leap kids was due on the special day.
"It was truly serendipitous," she told the New York Post. [NY Post, 2/29/2024]
• Issue 12 of France's La Bougie du Sapeur (The Sapper's Candle) has hit the newsstands, the BBC reported -- which is kind of a big deal because it is printed only on Feb. 29, every four years.
The first edition was in 1980. Editor Jean d'Indy said the 20-page tabloid is "put out by a few pals.
We meet in a bar and toss around ideas over drinks. We have a lot of fun, and if the reader does, too, that's the icing on the cake."
It has a print run of 200,000, costs about 5 euros, and is not available online. [BBC, 2/28/2024]