June 21, 2022
To strengthen its ties to the United States, in 1892 Samoa moved the International Date Line, having July 4th two days in a row. In 2011, to better ties with Australia, they moved it back.
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22 Questions About Time and Timekeeping Answered
Humans, arguably, have been measuring time ever since they began tracking the rising and setting of the Sun. That means horology—the study of time’s measurement—has a very long history. This list is a brief horological primer. Earlier versions of these questions and answers first appeared in the
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