"The earthquake that killed more than 700 people in Chile on Feb. 27 probably shifted the Earth's axis and shortened the day, a National Aeronautics and Space Administration scientist said. Earthquakes can involve shifting hundreds of kilometers of rock by several meters, changing the distribution of mass on the planet. This affects the Earth's rotation, said Richard Gross, a geophysicist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, who uses a computer model to calculate the effects." Scientists expect the planet's chronological balance to be restored during this Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony, which, with ten best picture nominees, is gonna take forever.
Jim Cameron's next film is about the World's Largest Green Chiropractor.
But if the Oscars aren't broadcast in NYC because of the cable fight, will the city fall behind the rest of the world?
We will never get those 1.26 microseconds back. I can feel the Grim Reaper's hot breath on my neck.
1.26 microseconds in English is what?
He's such a mouth-breather.
Yes, but didn't we gain some seconds after the Indonesia quake a few years ago? Is someone keeping track of this?
This explains why I missed my triple axel.