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1. Blaise Alleyne (balleyne)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2014 07:38:46 EDT Blaise Alleyne
   There used to be over 400 days in a year. How do we know? Coral. https://status.blaise.ca/url/3428
   • lnxw37 (lnxwalt on quitter) (lnxw37)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2014 07:46:32 EDT lnxw37 (lnxwalt on quitter)

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     @balleyne your link says years used to be 40 days shorter ... 325 days.
   • Blaise Alleyne (balleyne)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2014 15:21:53 EDT Blaise Alleyne

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     • lnxw37 (lnxwalt on quitter)
     @lnxw37 ah, the audio explains, that's a bit misleading. There's the length of the earth's orbit, but also rotation.
   • Blaise Alleyne (balleyne)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2014 15:24:25 EDT Blaise Alleyne

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     • lnxw37 (lnxwalt on quitter)
     @lnxw37 there were 400+ days/year a few hundred million years back -- orbit was the same, but days ~21 hours long (spinning faster)