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April 1, 2007

TRUE or FOOL? Some minutes contain 61 seconds

science, gaming — by TDavid @ 1:52 pm PST

The scent of April Fool’s day is upon us, be careful out there today. true or fool? The answer to the True or Fool question is in the spoiler text below which you can reveal by clicking the “show” button.

TRUE or FOOL: do a few minutes every decade contain 61 seconds?

True or fool answer:
Scientific American:
TRUE! in order to keep atomic time in agreement with astronomical time, leap seconds occasionally must be added to UTC. Thus, not all minutes contain 60 seconds. A few rare minutes, occurring at a rate of about eight per decade, actually contain 61.

Anybody else fall asleep a lot in History and Science class? Honor bar answer form: did you get this right?

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  1. As a matter of fact, I did get it right.

    Comment by Steve Allen — April 2, 2007 @ 1:47 pm PST


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