The origin of leap seconds, and why they should be abolished
Quartz
July 1st was one second longer than your average day. I didn’t think the leap second could be turned into an interesting 10 minute read, but there, Quartz’ David Yanofsky did just that.
From Weekly Filet #215, in July 2015.
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