Iningi lezibonakaliso ezihlukahlukene nezinkolelo-ze zafika kithi kusukela endulo. Khona-ke isayensi yayisemncane, okwakwenza ukuba kube nokucatshangelwa okuningi ngalokho abantu abakwazi ukukusho kusukela endaweni yokucabanga. Futhi namuhla, abaningi abakwazi ukuchaza ukuthi unyaka onyakazayo uyingozi nokuthi ngabe ngoFebruwari 29 uhlotshaniswa nemilingo ethile nemfihlakalo.
Ingabe unyaka we-leap unengozi?
Ngesikhathi sokulandelana kweminyaka, kwathi ngonyaka owodwa kwakungeyona izinsuku ezingama-365, noma ngaphezulu, 365, 25. Ngaphansi kukaJulia Cesare, izinsuku ezingu-6 zesonto zangeziwe emva kukaMashi 6, futhi kamuva ngoFebruwari 29, ngoFebhuwari. Akekho owaziyo ukuthi kungani unyaka we-leap kuyingozi, kodwa njalo eminyakeni emine silindele izinkinga ezikhethekile kanye nengozi ekugcineni kwethu noma ekugcineni kwabathandekayo bethu. Uma ufuna ukwazi ukuthi unyaka onyakazayo ungaba yingozi, ke ezinsukwini ezingu-366 ezilandelayo kukhona isivuno esibi, izinhlekelele, izifo ezinzima ezineziphumo ezimbi. Kukholelwa ukuthi akunakwenzeka ngalesi sikhathi ukushada, ukushintsha umsebenzi, indawo yokuhlala, ukubeletha izingane ngisho nokudayisa izinwele zakho.
Kukhona umbono wokuthi noma yiziphi izinguquko ngeke ziphumelele, kodwa kuphela ukubhujiswa kanye nokushayisana kuzothatha. Abamabhizinisi kufanele bahlale beqaphile futhi bangabatshali kunoma yimaphi amaphrojekthi amasha, ungakha izindlu, ungenzi ukuthenga okukhulu. Ngonyaka wokuqhafaza, abaqoqi ngisho namakhowe. Kodwa uma kungekho izincazelo ezizwakalayo kuzo zonke ezinye izimpawu, khona-ke iphuzu lonke liwukuthi yonke iminyaka engu-4 i-mycelium igxile futhi kudingeka ulinde isikhathi ukuze uphinde uhlanganyele ekuzingeleni okuthulile. Kodwa-ke, esikhathini sethu kunabantu abaningi abazethembayo abaqinisekisayo ukuthi izinguquko zomlando ezijwayelekile aziphatheli imilingo. Kodwa labo abafuna ukuzivikela emiphumeleni engafaneleki, kuhle ukufundela umthandazo okhethekile ekupheleni konyaka wokuqhafaza nobusuku bakhe bokugcina. Lokhu kuzoshiya konke okubi emnyakeni omdala futhi "kungadonseli" kumunye omusha.