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Line 1: This is a wacky way to keep [[~~clocks~~clock]]s closely in line with the [[earth]]'s rotation. Since the earth takes slightly more than 86,400 ( = 60 * 60 * 24 ) formal [[second]]s to complete one rotation, a leap second is added occasionally to slow up the clock. This is the wacky part: for a moment, the seconds of the "official" time are 60.

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