Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for May 31, 2015
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A day early? South African baby Hanru Van Niekerk was born on November 11, 2014, with a birthmark on his forehead shaped like the number 12! Wow! That's some collection! Lon Mitchell of Jenison, MI, has collected over 16,900 Dennis The Minutes cartoons since 1957! Oops! Spring gets approximately 30 seconds shorter every year!
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Interesting, I never knew that about spring, but it makes sense. It’s all due to precession (to the earth’s axis wobbling like a top) and the current place in the wobble makes spring lose time to summer and winter lose time to autumn.
You can read more about it here: Smithsonian article