The B3TA Detective AgencyUniversalpsykopath tugs our coat and says: Tell us about your feats of deduction and the little mysteries you've solved. Alternatively, tell us about the simple, everyday things that mystified you for far too long.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 13 Oct 2011, 12:52)
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I seem to recall...That if you plot a chart of the day/night length over the year, say every week, it is not completely symmetrical, and so the dates chosen for the changeover are not where you might guess them to be.
For example, the change in sunrise is not mirrored exactly by the change in sunset; I can't remember which way around it is, but it might be that the mornings get light later more quickly than the evenings get dark sooner.
On top of this there's history, tradition and random bloody-mindedness.
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Thanks for your answers, especially Moon Monkey. Very interesting.(, Thu 20 Oct 2011, 10:12, closed)
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