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Political Factoid
It took 26 hours for the
entire world to celebrate
the transition from 2017
to 2018.
- "The tiny Pacific island
of Tonga rang in 2018 at
10am GMT on December 31"
- "Baker Island and Howland Island
[greeted] the New Year*
at 12 Midday on January 1
[12pm GMT on Jan 1]"
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"or at least they would if
any people lived there"
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GMT = Greenwich Mean Time
also known as
UTC = Coordinated Universal Time
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