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Owlet puzzle #75

Released Friday, September 18, 2026 UTC

1900
the answer for puzzle #75

The five clues

  1. A four-digit year in the recent past.
  2. The digits sum to 10.
  3. It is even but not a leap year in the Gregorian calendar.
  4. It equals 2² × 5² × 19.
  5. The year of the second modern Olympic Games (hosted by Paris), after the revival in Athens 1896.

Backstory

1900 was not a leap year (divisible by 100 but not 400). The Gregorian rule fixed a small drift left by Julian's every-4-years, which had accumulated to ten days by 1582. The next century-year that will be a leap year is 2400.

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