You can complain about having the longest day ever today, and here is the science to prove it!

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Sources:
http://rspa.royalsocietypublishing.org/lookup/doi/10.1098/rspa.2016.0404
https://www.eurekalert.org/emb_releases/2016-12/cp-cmo120116.php
http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(16)31324-0

Images:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_telescope#/media/File:Emblemata_1624.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox#/media/File:Smallpox_virus_virions_TEM_PHIL_1849.JPG

Why Days Are Getting Longer

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