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Remember to change your clocks tonight

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"Revelers will have an extra second to enjoy the New Year celebrations.

Drunken party goers may not notice but, thanks to the Earth's erratic rotation, the countdown to 2009 will last a moment longer.

British physicists and official timekeepers around the world will insert a "leap second" to bring the most accurate atomic clocks in line with the astronomical day[...]" from Big Ben Adjusted for Leap Second

Happy New Year. Bon Anja, Tur Kos Bon!
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DateWednesday, December 31, 2008 at 2:09PM

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