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Right now, wherever you are, you are spinning with our planet at hundreds of meters per second. But what if our planet started hitting the brakes until our world didn’t spin at all? Why would it be harder for you to move around? Why would some parts of the world actually benefit from this? And why could this slowdown provide you with the trip of a lifetime? What's the Coriolis effect?

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00:00 What If Earth Gradually Came to a Standstill?
00:49 Earth's rotation
03:22 Earth's layers
05:50 New megacontinent
06:55 Consequences

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