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km
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01:55 PM
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February 02, 2008
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Hmm..I don't get this one. And where are the cadavers on display?
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andrew
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02:14 PM
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February 02, 2008
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dude! yeah, there's one like this in washington's national history museum. the pendulum actually is stationary, it's the Earth that is moving
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dk
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06:02 PM
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February 02, 2008
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yup, so as the earth turns under the pendulum, the pins get knocked over one by one, and because the earth spins at a constant speed, the same pins get knocked over at the same time each day, so you can tell what time it is!
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