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When Dinosaur Days Were Different

Dinosaurs Lived in a Faster-Spinning World – Here’s What That Means

Imagine Earth as a giant spinning top that’s slowly losing its momentum. That’s exactly what’s been happening to our planet for billions of years, but the implications go far deeper than you might expect. Recent scientific discoveries have revealed that when dinosaurs ruled the Earth, our planet was actually spinning significantly faster than it does ...