From: here@is.invalid   
      
   Shortest day recorded as Earth's spin speeds up   
   ...   
   ...   
   Bottom line: Earth has been speeding up the past few years, resulting   
   in our shortest day ever as measured by atomic clocks. Will we need to   
   subtract a leap second?   
      
   https://earthsky.org/earth/earth-shortest-day-record-atomic-clock-leap-second/   
      
      
   Assumption is atomic clocks don't "lie."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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