A wealthy eccentric was found dead in his study, clutching a polaroid photograph of a calendar flipped to the month of February. The three heirs were his nephew, his niece, and his loyal chauffeur. Detective Nash arrested the nephew. Why?
It was a leap year
February on a standard calendar has 28 days, but in a leap year it has 29. The nephew had bragged about a date that only existed in a leap year, exposing his intimate knowledge of the timeline.
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