================================ Earth rotated faster in the past ================================ Today I learned that on early Earth a day was only ~4-6 hours long. .. csv-table:: :header: "era", "years ago", "hours per day", "days per year" "present", "0", "24", "~365" "middle devonian", "~370M", "~22", "~400" "early earth", "~4.5B", "~4-6", "~1460"