John Oliver has some fun ideas for how you can spend today's leap second

John Oliver wants to help you waste your leap second

(Image credit: Last Week Tonight)

published 30 June 2015

We all get an extra second on Tuesday, thanks to a periodic recalibration of time due to a mismatch between our clocks and the Earth's rotation. "I know an extra second does not seem that big a deal," John Oliver said on Sunday's Last Week Tonight, "but you can get a lot done in a second." Or, you can waste it watching "some of the greatest 1-second videos you could possibly imagine," which is what Oliver is really offering. If you want to know how long until your extra second arrives, or just want to push the red button repeatedly to see what Last Week Tonight has on tap, visit SpendYourLeapSecondHere.com. Oliver offers a taste, and explains in greater detail, below. Peter Weber

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.

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