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[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

Those definitions are picked to be as immutable, unambiguous and easily replicated in a lab as possible, but have nothing to do why a second is defined like that.

But did you know that if you tie exactly 1m of string to some heavy object, it will swing once per second?