Trial of the century

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How many times in one century can you have a trial of the century?

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[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

But century can also mean any hundred years, not just one of the ones that tesselate contiguously since the year dot. So perhaps "trial of the century" could mean "a trial of at magnitude than appears less than every hundred years on average."

But I'm only saying that for the sake of being contrary :)