@neiltyson are there really 24 hours in a day? That seems like too round a number to be true. What is the real number?
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I exist in the aggregate of all leap seconds.
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Since humans invented the concept of the hour as a measurement of time, would make sense the day was split into equal segments
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Great question. Superb answer. I dig this sort of info

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On a Monday, right? I bet every time they add that second, it's on a Monday. Probably around 11am...
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I love you, youre so smart and now I am too, thank you I'm gonna go binge watch more
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And relative to the stars x 365 = extra 8 hours a year? Resulting in leap year?
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After 4 years, yup!
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Adding a day every 4 years is too much so you skip it every century. That makes it too little so you count a leap day every 4 centuries.
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I love facts like this that show us how everything is in a context. Change 1 thing and something new is learned.
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Is that why every 4 years we have a leap year?
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No. Years measurements differnt things than days. A leap year is because a year is approximately 365.25 days.
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If I'm not mistaken daylight saving was Ben Frank's idea to help round out the year. I could definitely be wrong but it was Ben Frank's idea
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Nope I was wrong. It's to be more productive economically
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So we lose time by the sun, and gain time away from the sun,so time is controlled or governed by gravity?Time ceases to exist in deep space?
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...leap seconds occur Jan 1 and Jun 30?
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