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What Would Happen If The Planet Stopped Spinning?

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Justine Alford

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clockJun 25 2014, 14:02 UTC
1323 What Would Happen If The Planet Stopped Spinning?
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.

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Spoiler alert: it wouldn't be good.

Watch this clip to find out more:

 

 

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Justine Alford

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