If today feels like it's flying by, you can blame it on our spinning planet: A group of scientists tracking Earth's rotation predicts that the day will be a fraction of a second shorter than normal.

Scientists claim that on June 29, 2022, the Earth spun faster than normal, making it the shortest day recorded since the 1960s. The average day is 24 hours long (or exactly 86,400 seconds).

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