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The Unexpected Measure that Makes the Modern World Tick
Season 10 Episode 16 | 14m 24s
| Video has closed captioning.
All of modern society relies upon a seemingly simple but surprisingly complex unit of measurement: the second. But knowing exactly what a “second” is is more complicated than you might think!
