• Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      7 months 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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        7 months ago

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