Why does a second last… well… a second?

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Who, how and when decided to count to a second and was like “Yup. This is it. This is a second. This is how long a second is. Everybody on Earth will universally agree that this is how long a second is and use it regardless of culture, origin, intelligence or beliefs”?

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The second is defined by the amount of time it takes for the cesium atom to oscillate 9,192,631,770 times.

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