Don’t set your watch by Big Ben. Officials say the famous clock at Britain’s Parliament has recently been slow by as much as six seconds.
The 156-year-old clock chimes every 15 minutes, and emits deep bongs to mark the hour.
Parliamentary officials said that mechanics had corrected the clock to within “normal parameters”. They will continue to adjust it by placing pennies on the pendulum – or removing them – to fine-tune its speed.
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