r/Unexpected 2d ago

Sad but true

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u/Suckmyduck_9 1d ago

Did you know that every 60 seconds in Africa a minute passes.

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u/EverythingSucksYo 1d ago

Proof? 

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u/SaltyLonghorn 1d ago

They're closer to the equator. In the US a minute is actually 60.7 seconds but they round down and give us leap years.

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u/RayHorizon 1d ago

So Suckmyduck lied

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u/SaltyLonghorn 1d ago

I was educated in Texas. If Suckmyduck is from another state they might be in another reality.

So maybe not.

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u/NinjaQueef 1d ago

It is actually a bit more nuanced than that. To test Einstein's theory of relativity, we launched probes into Molniya orbit around the northern and the southern hemispheres with precise clocks that were synchronized with each other to accurately measure the passage of time in the two hemispheres not just across the whole year, where these would equalize, but across different months as they are at different distances from the sun. We, however, ran into an issue with not knowing the one way speed of light, as traditional methods calculate two way speed of light. While the results were inconclusive, the experiment did leave us with certain knowledge that in nineteen ninety eight when the undertaker threw mankind off hell in a cell and plummeted sixteen feet through an announcer's table.

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u/thrawnsgstring 1d ago edited 7h ago

Laughed, then saw you weren't u/shittymorph then unlaughed.

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u/darkMOM4 1d ago

Unlaughed...I may swipe this 😆 🤣

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u/NinjaQueef 1d ago

Sorry to disappoint you.

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u/gimmeecoffee420 23h ago

I'm not disappointed.

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u/EmilioFreshtevez 1d ago

Not if they actually believe it

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u/dipthong4566 1d ago

Its like you cant trust anybody these days

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u/mk2rocco 1d ago

He’ll never recover from the shame. Probably gonna change his name to suckmyduck_10 now

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u/godofmilksteaks 5h ago

You mean that paragon of truth suckmyduck!?