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8th Feb 2001, 10:53

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Slasher

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Well its hardly surprising!

* The Earth is an oblate spheriod so its flattened at the Poles. This means the curvature of the Earth couldnt help them

* The Earths cetrifugal force is zero at the Poles, so the Herc weighed more.