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Damn! 7cm per year feels blazing fast when you consider the fact that it's a whole continent.
by pavel_lishin 2y ago
Damn! 7cm per year feels blazing fast when you consider the fact that it's a whole continent.
- anotherevan 2y agoWe're coming for you!
- XorNot 2y agoI mean I'm still mind blown that the Three Gorges dam in China literally changed the rotational speed of the Earth, and thus the length of the day.
- voidUpdate 2y agoYou can change the length of the day just by spinning counterclockwise :P
- niccl 2y agoA way to think about it I've seen a few times: continental drift is roughly the same order of magnitude as the rate your fingernails grow!