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99% of people on Earth will get sunlight at the same time this Wednesday
- latexr 4mo agoInteresting, but the article itself explains it isn’t exactly rare or special. > This is not a one-day-only phenomenon. For about 60 days each year, from roughly May 18 to July 17, there is a brief moment each day during which nearly all of humanity experiences either daylight or twilight.
- sebastiennight 4mo agoThis is my favorite fun fact of 2026 so far. I'm sure Arthur C Clarke would have come up with a great sci-fi concept related to that, in the vein of his short story where humans try to catch the attention of a quasar-scale civilisation. (Can't find the name of the story right now)
- ReptileMan 4mo agoJust shows how empty is the southern hemisphere, especially when you go further south.
- beardyw 4mo agoMaybe there's a day when only Aussies and Kiwis get daylight. It would only be fair.
- nvader 4mo agoI am the 1 percent currently in darkness