Editing 1930: Calendar Facts
Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
The edit can be undone.
Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then save the changes below to finish undoing the edit.
Latest revision | Your text | ||
Line 242: | Line 242: | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | + | <big>-Calendar Facts-</big> | |
− | + | [Shown below is a branching flow chart of sorts that begins at the phrase "Did you know that", then flows through various paths to build up a sentence. (Note that the "→" arrow symbol is used below to indicate a new branch with no intermediate text from a previous branch.)] | |
− | + | * Did you know that: | |
− | + | ** the ( Fall | Spring ) Equinox | |
− | + | ** the ( Winter | Summer ) ( Solstice | Olympics ) | |
− | + | ** the ( Earliest | Latest ) ( Sunrise | Sunset ) | |
− | + | ** Daylight ( Saving | Savings ) Time | |
− | + | ** Leap ( Day | Year ) | |
− | + | ** Easter | |
− | + | ** the ( Harvest | Super | Blood ) Moon | |
− | + | ** Toyota Truck Month | |
− | + | ** Shark Week | |
− | + | * → | |
− | + | ** happens ( earlier | later | at the wrong time ) every year | |
− | + | ** drifts out of sync with the | |
− | + | *** Sun | |
− | + | *** Moon | |
− | + | *** Zodiac | |
− | + | *** ( Gregorian | Mayan | Lunar | iPhone ) Calendar | |
− | + | *** atomic clock in Colorado | |
− | + | ** might ( not happen | happen twice ) this year | |
− | + | * because of | |
− | + | ** time zone legislation in ( Indiana | Arizona | Russia ) | |
− | + | ** a decree by the pope in the 1500s | |
− | + | ** ( precession | libration | nutation | libation | eccentricity | obliquity ) of the | |
− | + | *** Moon | |
− | + | *** Sun | |
− | + | *** Earth's axis | |
− | + | *** equator | |
− | + | *** prime meridian | |
− | + | *** ( International Date | Mason-Dixon ) Line | |
− | + | ** magnetic field reversal | |
− | + | ** an arbitrary decision by ( Benjamin Franklin | Isaac Newton | FDR ) | |
− | + | * ? | |
− | + | * Apparently | |
− | + | ** it causes a predictable increase in car accidents. | |
− | + | ** that's why we have leap seconds. | |
− | + | ** scientists are really worried. | |
− | + | ** it was even more extreme during the | |
− | + | *** Bronze Age. | |
− | + | *** Ice Age. | |
− | + | *** Cretaceous. | |
− | + | *** 1990s. | |
− | + | ** there's a proposal to fix it, but it | |
− | + | *** will never happen. | |
− | + | *** actually makes things worse. | |
− | + | *** is stalled in congress. | |
− | + | *** might be unconstitutional. | |
− | + | ** it's getting worse and no one knows why. | |
== References == | == References == |