• redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    16 days ago

    While this may sound reasonable at first glance, it is only true most of the time. Sometimes a minute contains 59 or 61 seconds, even in Africa.

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      16 days ago

      This is known as a leap second, named after Usain Bolt leaping over the finish line a second faster than everybody else

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        16 days ago

        Einstein turbo-rolling in his grave, about to bore a hole through the earth to come and spank you

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          The rotational inertia of Einstein boring through the planet is responsible for leap seconds.