Thursday, March 4, 2010
Chile Quake Shifted Earth's Axis
The recent earthquake in Chile shifted the axis of the earth 3 inches and made the day 1.26 microseconds shorter. What do you think?
Walter Brooke-Taylor,
Agate Setter
"Now when am I supposed to find time to go to the gym?"
Paul Garden,
Unemployed
"Though God did inflict great suffering with Haiti's earthquake, He showed His mercy by causing another and shortening the length of the miserable days endured by the Haitian people."
Tabitha Oddie,
Genealogist
"We'll all just have to work a little harder around here, then, won't we?"
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