TWL #5: Timekeeping on Mars | Wendover Productions
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TWL #5: Timekeeping on Mars | Wendover Productions

B1IntermediateNovember 14, 20269 min
  • Science

TWL #5: Timekeeping on Mars Mars...the Final Frontier. Or wait, isn't that space? Or Alaska? Anyways, time systems work on Mars in a somewhat similar but still unique way to timekeeping on earth. This video has a little bit of history, a little bit of astrology, a little bit of horology, a little bit of everything.Twitter: @WendoverPro Email: [email protected] you enjoyed this video please share it on Reddit, Twitter, Facebook, etc. For small channels like this, it helps a lot.This Week's Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timekeeping_on_Mars "That Wikipedia List": https://en...

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Today we're going to take a trip.

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We're traveling through the galaxy to learn about timekeeping on the red planet, Mars.

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So, there's this fantastic Wikipedia list descriptively titled Wikipedia colon Unusual Articles. I just remembered as That Wikipedia List. It's a collection of hundreds of articles about unusual, unexpected, and unbelievable

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subjects. No matter what link you click, it's bound to be interesting. For that reason, every week I'm going to click on a new link and teach you a little bit more about our amazing world.

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Today we're going to take a trip. We're going to slip the surly bonds of Earth up into the heavens. We're traveling through the galaxy to learn about timekeeping on the red planet, Mars. But before we can understand timekeeping on Mars, we first have to understand timekeeping

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