"Equinox," Pops said, tapping Leo’s nose. "That’s the scientific start of spring. It means 'equal night.' It’s the moment the sun sits directly over the equator. Do you know what that means?"
"It means that for one day, day and night are almost exactly the same length. It’s the balancing act of the universe." Pops leaned in conspiratorially. "And if that’s too boring for you, did you know that because of that tilt of the Earth, sunsets actually speed up in the spring? The sun sets faster now than it does in winter." fun facts about spring
"See?" Leo pointed. "The robin is back. That means spring, right?" "Equinox," Pops said, tapping Leo’s nose
"You do that," Pops called after him. "And watch out for the speeding sunsets!" Do you know what that means
The White House Easter Egg Roll began in 1878. But a century earlier, President James Madison’s wife, Dolley, popularized the idea by rolling hard-boiled eggs down the Capitol lawn—until angry farmers complained the rolling eggs were killing the grass.
The word equinox comes from Latin, meaning "equal night." While it’s true that on the March equinox (usually March 20 or 21), day and night are nearly equal, they aren't perfectly 12 hours each. Due to how sunlight bends in the atmosphere and the fact that the sun is a disk, not a point, most locations get slightly more daylight than darkness.