Only 192 days left in the year! Fact. Start your countdown til the end of the year now! Why not? Or because you're normal. Hmmmm well...how about another interesting fact? On this day in 1941, Hitler invades the Soviet Union, (we all know how that one turned out) once again proving that if you don't learn from history you are doomed to repeat it. (Don't invade in Winter). World War Trivia not doing it for you? Then how about...you know what. Most "this day in history" have something big ...
Chile Earthquake May Have Shortened Days on Earth The massive 8.8 earthquake that struck Chile may have changed the entire Earth's rotation and shortened the length of days on our planet, a NASA scientist said Monday. The quake, the seventh strongest earthquake in recorded history, hit Chile Saturday and should have shortened the length of an Earth day by 1.26 milliseconds, according to research scientist Richard Gross at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, ...