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Previously overlooked contributions to the Lamb shift are identified for the hydrogen spectrum. The resulting theoretical correction to the $1S$-$2S$ energy splitting is 28 times greater than the current experimental error, which calls physicists to scrutinize the precisely known hydrogen spectrum that was previously considered as being fully understood.
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