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clock-iconPUBLISHEDJune 25, 2014

What Would Happen If The Planet Stopped Spinning?

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Justine Alford

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Alan Liefting, via Wikimedia Commons

Check out this awesome YouTube video released by Vsauce, which explains what would happen to us and our planet if Earth stopped spinning.

Spoiler alert: it wouldn't be good.

Watch this clip to find out more:

 

 

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ORIGINALLY PUBLISHEDJune 25, 2014

Written by Elise Andrew

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