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2016 Will Last One Second Longer

Anna @LadyDuck (502251) • Italy 30 Dec 16

Are you in a hurry to say farewell to the year 2016? Tomorrow night, try to contain your excitement because a "leap second" will be added to the world's clocks. We had 26 "leaps seconds" since the year 1972, when the "leap...

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2008 has an extra SECOND? Heard of leap year? This is a leap SECOND...Read4More

nadooa247 @nadooa247 (1096) • United States 31 Dec 08

We all heard of leap years but apparently 2008 has a leap SECOND according to CNN. http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/12/31/leap.second.new.year/index.html?eref=rss_topstories What do you think about this bit of news? Do you think...

5..4..3..2..1..1? huh?

craftcatcher @craftcatcher (3699) • United States 27 Dec 08

If you want to be completely accurate, this will have to be your New Year's Eve countdown this year! According to an article I read on space.com, due to the Earth's irregular rotation on it's axis caused by various reasons,...

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2008 Leap Second! We're gaining one second this year on Dec. 31, 2008

mentalward @mentalward (14690) • United States 19 Dec 08

Leap seconds have been added to our time for decades but few of us knew about it before the invention of the internet. I bumped into this news last night while perusing newsworthy sites. On December 31, 2008 at exactly 6:59:59...

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