This will confirm what some people will already know: the days are getting longer. By studying fossilised clam shells, researchers at Vrije University, Brussels, have determined that 70 million years ago days were only 23 and a half hours long. Evidently in those days the world rotated 372 times a year, not 365, making days half an hour shorter. With that important issue settled, now for research into a cure for coronavirus.

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