Saturday, January 20, 2007

Factoid: Spinning Away


My wife and I attended a Peter Mayer concert in Ann Arbor this past Friday.


While Mayer tuned his guitar, he gave the crowd some interesting facts about how quickly we all move.


I checked the facts on the internet and here they are...


...every one of us continually moves at 1,000 miles per hour as the Earth rotates.


...we all move at a rate of 67,000 miles per hour as the Earth revolves around the sun.


...each of us moves 490,000 miles per hour as the Milky Way revolves around the universe.


So, the next time you go running, make sure that you are running in the right direction because you've got a 490,000 mile headwind to overcome.

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