17 insane ( but true ) facts about time ..
Of all the physical constituents may be Time is the only one which affects us the most. What is time for you ? We have 17 insane ( but true ) facts about time. 1. Time passes faster for your face than for you feet ( assuming that you are standing ). According to Einstein's theory of relativity the closer you are to Earth the slower the time will for you. This prophecy has been proved A year at the top of Mt. Everest would be 15 microseconds shorter than that at the sea level of Earth. 2. A second isn't what you think it is. Scientifically, it's not defined as 1/60th of a minute, but as " the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the caesium 133 atom ". 3. Time taken for Earth to rotate is 24 hours , right ! No the exact time taken for Earth to rotate is 23 hours 56 minutes and 4.2 seconds. The reason for taking 24 hours for a day is because everyday the...