stackyFACTSHoarding a staggering amount of liquid in one concentrated spot literally shifts the mass distribution of the globe. The Three Gorges Dam in China holds back so much concentrated water weight that it actually increases the moment of inertia of the planet, effectively making a day micro-fractions of a second longer.
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