On June 30, you get a whole extra second in your day. It’s like time is stopping just for you!
You see, just like Earth’s revolution isn’t EXACTLY 365 days — so every four years we have an extra day — Earth’s rotation isn’t exactly 24 hours.
It’s actually .002 seconds too long, though this may be gradually longer as the Earth’s rotation slows down.
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To make up for this, on June 30 scientists will add one extra second to the clock — a Leap Second!
And instead of not noticing and letting your one more time go to waste, why not try one of these fun-tastic one-second activities? You could…
Stop and smell the Roses:
Flip a table*:
*cleanup will take longer than one second
Eat a mouthful of Ben & Jerry’s new same sex marriage celebrating flavor “I Dough, I Dough”:
Do a single Kegel exercise:
Remember how good 30 Rock‘s Leap Day William episode was:
Show the Capitol you mean business:
And finally, you can use that second to tell your BFF you love them:
Well, if you want, but we were thinking more like a “thank you for being a friend” type thing:
Awww!
Now aren’t you glad you had that extra sec??
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