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The Earth is spinning fast, 2020 is the shortest day in 50 years – the Observer – haveeruonline
Among the events marked last year, there was one that was far less likely to escape from the most vigilant watches. Oh July 19, 2020 is the shortest

Among the events marked last year, there was one that was far less likely to escape from the most vigilant watches. Oh July 19, 2020 is the shortest recorded in the last five decades: It took 1.4602 milliseconds less than the usual 86,400 seconds to create 24 hours a day. This year, the days are getting shorter, 1.5 milliseconds shorter than normal.
Because it was like that The earth is spinning fast on its own axis. Nothing scares humanity: Since the discovery of atomic clocks in the 1960s, scientists…
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