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How 2015 Will Gain a Second in Time
The Paris Observatory, home of the "Lords of Time," as they are often called, has determined that on June 30 of this year, all clocks will be asked to "hold their breath" for a single second so that Earth's rotation can catch up to the digital read. So why exactly do we have to do this? And just what is a "second" anyways?
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