Let $a_1,a_2,\dots$ be a sequence of positive numbers less than 1, such that $$\sum_{n=1}^\infty a_i= \infty,$$ and $S^1 = \mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}$. Suppose $I_1,I_2,\dots$ be random intervals with respective lengths $a_1,a_2, \dots$in $S^1$ such that the distribution of the centers of $I_n$ (for every $n$) are uniform and independent. It can be shown that with probability 1, $I = \cup_{n=1}^\infty I_n$ is a full measure subset of $S^1$. Is it true that "With probability 1, $I_n = S^1$"? If this is not always true, does there exist a good characterization of the sequences $\{ a_n\}_{n=1}^{\infty}$ with this property? **Edit**. A more precise question: "What happens in the special case $a_n = \frac1n$?"