On Earth, if you live in the midlatitudes, Earth’s rotation is carrying you and the atmosphere you breathe sideways—due east—at about 800 mph. If you’re an equator dweller, that speed is 1000 mph. Santa, on the North Pole, has no sideways motion at all. His cottage simply pirouettes once per day.
Problem is, our planet rotates so smoothly that you don’t even feel it. What fun is that? READ MORE ››
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