# What if the Earth Spun in the Opposite Direction

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**Created:** [November 5, 2024, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-earth-spun-in-the-opposite-direction/1009710 "2024-11-05T08:45:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-earth-spun-in-the-opposite-direction/1009710/9 "2024-11-05T13:04:54Z")

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> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> I’m sure we’ve had thread(s) on this before, but it’s been a few years. I just spent a few minutes searching fruitlessly. Whatever the thread was, the title wasn’t obvious.
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> Anyone else remember this or care to take a stab at finding it?

[This one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-repeat-query-if-the-earth-had-always-spun-the-other-way-how-would-things-be-different/638069/2)

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