POTOOOOOOOO@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 hours agoWhat's your favorite unbelievable fact?message-squaremessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down11
arrow-up159arrow-down1message-squareWhat's your favorite unbelievable fact?POTOOOOOOOO@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 hours agomessage-square74fedilink
minus-squareryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up48·9 hours agoLots of people know a broken clock is right twice per day, but many are unaware that a clock running backwards is right 4 times per day.
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·25 minutes agoa clock running backwards is moving away from the current time at twice the rate, so isn’t your example the same as saying that a clock that runs twice as fast is right 4 times a day?
minus-squaredavidgro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·5 hours agoAnd one that loses only 1 second per year is right only once every 43,200 years.
Lots of people know a broken clock is right twice per day, but many are unaware that a clock running backwards is right 4 times per day.
a clock running backwards is moving away from the current time at twice the rate, so isn’t your example the same as saying that a clock that runs twice as fast is right 4 times a day?
And one that loses only 1 second per year is right only once every 43,200 years.