Saturday, December 13

Did you know...

that the Earth is slowing down. Slowly, but surely. This year time-keepers will add an extra second to keep the atom clock in sync with the Earth's rotation. The second will go in between 6:59:59 PM EST and 7:00:00 PM EST. Crazy.
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  1. K12/13/2008 2:40 PM

    you are full of nerdy wisdom scarletnite! hehe. does this mean we can get rid of daylight savings time? b/c i really have yet to see the point of that whole shebang.

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