# How much has the earth's rotation been slowed by skyscrapers?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 2, 2010, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-has-the-earths-rotation-been-slowed-by-skyscrapers/531042 "2010-03-02T21:49:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-has-the-earths-rotation-been-slowed-by-skyscrapers/531042/41 "2010-03-04T11:56:21Z")

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> [@Random\_Design](#):
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> Next question: Why do people with pimples not fall over from the added weight and altered centre of gravity resulting from their facial restructuring.

Or, why don’t I fall over every time I spend a bit too long thinking about Jessica Alba?

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-has-the-earths-rotation-been-slowed-by-skyscrapers/531042/42 "2010-03-04T18:04:57Z")

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Wait, you don’t? I thought that happened to all guys. So it’s just me, then?

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