10 Facts About Time That Will Blow Your Mind
by N/A, 9 years ago |
3 min read
If time is of the essence, then what is the essence of time? Â *mind blown*
1. The fourth dimension is spacetime. The first three dimensions denote an object's location in space (laterally, directionally, and longitudinally), whereas the fourth denotes its position in time.
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2. It's been proven that gravity affects the speed of time and that the closer an object is to a source of gravity, the slower time moves for it. For example, time moves slower in your living room than in does on top of Mount Kilimanjaro.
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3. In keeping with that law, because it is almost three times closer to the sun's massive gravitational pull, a day on Venus is equal to approximately two years on Earth.
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4. The Earth is struck by lightning approximately 100 times every second
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5. A 1-minute kiss burns approximately 26 calories.
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6. Every two minutes, humanity takes more photographs than were taken throughout the 1800s.
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7. Recently, scientists discovered a blue crystal in Jack Hills, Australia called zircon. It's been officially estimated to be 4.4 billion years old, making it the oldest object on earth.
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8. Will Smith is now older than Uncle Phil was when "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" first began.
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9. Up until the 1800s, every town or village had their own unique timezones, with clocks that were synchronized to their local solar noon.
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10. The average American city commuter spends roughly 38 hours a year in traffic jams.
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Do not show me this again