Posted on 02/20/2002 5:01:41 AM PST by 1 FELLOW FREEPER
I LOVE this kinda stuff... > > Believe it or not but 8.02pm on 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 - > 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. > >
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