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Heres a fun fact:

I dunno if the common knowledge of not but a day isn't really a single rotation of the earth. It's actually a few minutes long than that.

The earth actually rotates in about 23h 56m. But we don't define a day as a single rotation because that would mess everything up as the Earth orbits the sun.

I'm genuinely curious if that's common knowledge or not.
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adorbz · 26-30, F
that’s the reason for having a leap day isn’t it?
adorbz · 26-30, F
@adorbz no wait that’s something else
adorbz · 26-30, F
@adorbz quick reply to myself before I look dumb 😆😆 that is because a year also isn’t a year it’s a year and a few hours
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