Hi,

Just a cool fact for today from your jazzy Science Teacher :

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A bit of very interesting trivia......

February 20 this year will be
a historic moment in time.

It will not be marked by the chiming of any clocks
or the ringing of bells, but at that precise time,
on that specific date, something will happen
which has not occurred for 1,001 years,
and will never happen again.

As the clock ticks over from 8.01pm on Wednesday,
February 20, time will, for sixty seconds only,
read in perfect symmetry 2002, 2002,2002,
or to be more precise

Time Date Year
20:02 20/02 2002


This historic event will never have the same
poignancy as the 11th hour of the 11th day of the
11th month which marks Armistice Day,
but it is an event which has only ever happened
once before, and is something which
will never be repeated.

The last occasion that time read in such
a symmetrical pattern was long before the days
of the digital watch and the 24-hour clock at

10.01am on January 10, 1001.

And because the clock only goes up to 23.59,
it is something that will never happen again.

Cheryl

Cheryl, that is very intriguing!

Makes ya feel kinda special, doesn't it.

F.Y.I.

Yea, that's pretty cool but it WILL happen again in 2112.

21:12 21/12 2112

Yes, but I'll only make it to 2112 if they freeze me!!

...or 02/22/2222...okay we're getting more weird.

[This message has been edited by Joel (edited February 21, 2002).]