And in this new year...

Apparently 2005 was a 'leap second' year. Due to our inability to create perfect time (really, you'd think we'd get it by now), we had to add another second to 2005 to keep us in line with the sun. Otherwise, in millions of years, we might be watching a beautiful sunrise at 2:30 in the morning, or be hitting rush hour traffic (I don't know which way the shift goes).

So unfortuneately, if you counted down from ten this year, you celebrated a little bit early.

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