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Earth sets new record for shortest day
Geologically and astronomically speaking, this is actually one of Earth's
longest
ever days. Earth's rotation has been slowing down for billions of years as it loses angular momentum to the moon. See e.g.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earth-rotation-su...
,
http://www.iea.usp.br/en/news/when-a-day-lasted-only-four-ho...
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