[LEAPSECS] trivia, the 2nd longest year
Steve Allen
sla at ucolick.org
Thu Apr 12 15:33:03 EDT 2012
A well circulated piece of trivia is that 1972 was the longest year in
recorded history because civil time contained two leap seconds.
I offer this challenge:
What was the second longest year in recorded history, and how many
leap seconds did it have?
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