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What would happen to the Earth if it suddenly stopped spinning?

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Submitted ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de⁩ to ⁨xkcd@lemmy.world⁩

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  • probable_possum@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It would solve a lot of problems. It could create one or two new ones in the process. 🤔

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  • Forester@pawb.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Everybody would die. Inertia would continue moving all the buildings, trees, animals and people at several thousand miles an hour even though the Earth is no longer rotating.

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    • BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨38⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      Couldn’t even listen to the first five seconds to hear the full question, huh?

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