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Leap Day babies born in the Quad Cities at Genesis Health System

At last check on Leap Day 2024, six babies had been born on the unique date of Feb. 29. They share the rarest birthday in the world.

DAVENPORT, Iowa — Leap Day 2024 was an exciting day over at Genesis Health System, where several leap day babies were introduced to the world. 

At last check on Thursday, Feb. 29, six babies had been born on the unique date of Feb. 29. The health system said that six babies is a higher number than its average leap day. 

Those six babies share the rarest birthdate in the world, with only about five million out of the eight billion people on earth having been born on Feb. 29. 

On Thursday's edition of The Current, News 8's Shelby Kluver interviewed three quad citizens with leap day birthdays who explained what it's like to have been born on the special day. Watch the video below to find out what they had to say!

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