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Did You Know That Your Head Is Slightly Older Than Your Feat? The Clock Conundrum
by Jim Slate
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The strange trick of physics that makes your head, slightly older than your feat
This property was not discovered until the twentieth century because it doesn't affect our daily life on earth in a very significant way. It only comes into play when you begin to study very large and massive objects, or very, very small subatomic particles.
One of the consequences of this fact is that clocks run slower when they are close to the earth, and run faster when they are further away. The earth is a giant orb of mass, and it creates a gravitational field. The closer you are to the center of the earth, the stronger that field becomes.
The average human spends most of their day with their head, further away from the earth than their feat. Even when they lie down the two are only on an even pace with one another, and very rarely do humans hang upside down with their heads closer to the earth then their toes.
This means that the average persons head is slightly older than their feat.
This is only a very slight difference, the kind one would never notice if we didn't have theoretical physics which says it is true and precise instruments to measure it. However it is absolutely true, and can be verified if you are willing to subject your body to experimentation.
This also means that people who live on top of mountains age faster than those who live in caves, or lowland swamp areas. Even spending a few hours up in a tall office building or a tower can alter your age, compared to everyone else's, by at least a little.
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