February 29, 2024
February 29th is the 60th day of the year. There are 306 days remaining until the end of the year.
CKRecreation is offering the Red Cross babysitting course in Tilbury this Saturday.
The course is being held at the Tilbury Solid Rock Café Youth Centre, open to 11 – 15 year old’s to learn how to be a safe, professional and reliable babysitter.
The cost is $61, and you can register here. Spots fill up fast.
Tonight is Trivia Night at Sons of Kent in support of Rise House International.
Cost is $20 per person at the door. Trivia begins at 7pm with some awesome prizes to be won.
We should all brace for Mother Nature’s mood swings according to The Weather Network.
The Weather Network released their Spring Forecast yesterday, saying that the mild winter has paved the way for even more pleasant weather over the next few weeks, with a few interruptions. That means we could see almost summer-like days quickly followed by cold snaps, stormy weather and even some potentially significant snowfall.
In late April, they’re expecting more settled and drier weather in most regions.
A lack of significant snowpack across most of the country means the risk of spring flooding is lower than it otherwise would be.
Rise and shine, Canada! Our much-anticipated #SpringForecast is finally here! 🌷☔🌸 Your exclusive guide to the seasonal saga unfolding across the nation is waiting. ⬇️https://t.co/NH2MsnjgSW pic.twitter.com/Q1xwTRDw86
— The Weather Network (@weathernetwork) February 28, 2024
Wendy’s is investing in digital menu boards that will have the ability to display pricing that fluctuates throughout the day by 2025.
The company will invest approximately $20 million to roll out digital menu boards to all U.S. company-operated restaurants by the end of next year. Wendy’s new pricing model will be similar to how ride-sharing apps like Uber or Lyft bump up their prices during increased demand. Customers could be paying as much as $1 more for a Baconator during a peak time, like the lunch rush.
AI-enabled menu changes and suggestive selling will allow Wendy’s to implement pricing changes quickly during peak hours. The plan is to test suggestive selling based on factors like the weather.
On Wednesday, Wendy’s released a statement to clarify what the plans are, “We wouldn’t raise prices when our customers are visiting us most . . . this could allow us to change the menu at different times of day and offer discounts . . . particularly in the slower times of day.”
Today is February 29th, it’s a Leap Day. We only get one every four years, or so.
Here are five things you should know about tomorrow’s Leap Day . . .
1. We need Leap Days because it takes the Earth slightly longer than 365 days to circle the sun. It actually takes 365 days, five hours, 48 minutes and 45 seconds.
So without Leap Years, we’d be off by about six hours every year. That doesn’t sound like much, but over 100 years, it adds up to nearly 25 whole days.
2. It’s not as simple as adding a day every four years. For a particular year to be a Leap Year, three criteria must be met: One, the year must be evenly divisible by 4. Two, if the year can also be evenly divided by 100, it’s NOT a Leap Year. And three, if the year is evenly divisible by 400 then it is a Leap Year. That’s why the year 2000 was a Leap Year, since it’s divisible by 400, but 2100 won’t be.
3. In addition to Leap Days and Leap Years, there’s also a Leap Second. The last one was added on December 31st, 2016, and the next one might be added on June 30th of this year.
4. Less than 0.07% of the world’s population is estimated to have been born on February 29th, which means only about 26,000 people in Canada have a birthday today. Or about 4.8 million people in the whole world.
5. People born during a Leap Year on February 29th are known as “leaplings,” “leapers,” or “leapsters” and some famous leapers include Tony Robbins, Antonio Sabato Jr., and Ja Rule.
