
5: When time goes up to 30 o'clock
Lateral with Tom Scott
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The Day Starts at Six O'Clock in the Morning and Ends at 59 Minutes Past 29
To avoid confusion, which niche industry uses days that start at six o'clock in the morning and end at 59 minutes past 29? I was thinking about Mars. Is it a rover that needs to start and finish work at a certain time and then just kind of accounting for the time difference between earth and Mars? Yes. But that is that would constantly be shifting since the days are different lengths. So it wouldn't be always this time to this time. Because I've heard about the Six a.m. to 59 minutespast29. 50. What is 59 minutesPast29? It's five 59a.m. That's just before 30. Oh, oh, I can instead
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