return2ozma@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoEarth will spin faster on July 22 to create 2nd-shortest day in historywww.space.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1184arrow-down15
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minus-squareEm Adespoton@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down1·5 days ago According to a 2023 study, a day on Earth was approximately 19 hours for a significant part of Earth’s early history That headline plays fast and loose with “history” — history supposedly started in 1973?
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48·4 days agoTime didn’t exist before January 1, 1970.
minus-squaredarkpanda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·4 days agoAnd won’t exist after January 19, 2038, 03:14:07 UTC.
minus-squareCmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 days agoIt’s true. Just ask a computer.
minus-square0li0li@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 days agoYeah, I seem to recall Dinosaurs having 22/23 hour long days. It’s been a while, my memory is a bit foggy ;)
minus-squarethermal_shock@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoAnd Dexter Morgan has 36 hour days.
minus-squareZron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agoReading comprehension has left the chat
That headline plays fast and loose with “history” — history supposedly started in 1973?
Time didn’t exist before January 1, 1970.
And won’t exist after January 19, 2038, 03:14:07 UTC.
It’s true. Just ask a computer.
Yeah, I seem to recall Dinosaurs having 22/23 hour long days. It’s been a while, my memory is a bit foggy ;)
And Dexter Morgan has 36 hour days.
Reading comprehension has left the chat