Apparently, that earthquake in Chili was so strong that it actually shifted the Earth’s axis and made days slightly shorter. Seriously (via Matt).
So every day is shorter by 1.26 microseconds. Which means a few things:
- We’re a few millarcseconds closer to fiery molten death by earth plummeting into the sun.
- In the event that such an apocalypse is more than a few generations away…we’ll all live longer!
Figuring I’ve got 70 good years left in me:
(1.26 microseconds/day) * (365.25 days/year) * (70 years) / (1,000,000 microseconds/second) = .032 seconds!
Too bad I just blew 10 minutes thinking about this. Wasted opportunity.