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Yesterday, I got an interesting email saying that today, that's July 20, 2006 is the World Jump Day (WJD) ! In that email, there was a link of the official site of the 'World Jump Day'. This site is asking everyone in the western hemisphere to take part in their jumping project at 11:39.13 GMT on July 20, 2006.
But what will happen if so many people jump at the same time ??? and why should they jump ???
The site is claiming: if 600 million people or more from the western hemisphere jump today at that particular time simultaneously, then it will cause the Earth shift out of its current orbit and into a new one and "this change in planetary position would very likely stop global warming, extend daytime hours and create a more homogenous climate". This effort has been labeled as World Jump Day and it is the theory of Hans Peter Niesward, from the Department of Gravitationsphysik at the ISA in Munich. Currently the official site of World Jump Day is claiming that more than 599 million people have been registered already in order to jump and according to World Stats, this would be almost 50% of all internet users all over the world. Surprising... huh ???
But there is only one problem with this jump theory... the problem is: Hans Peter Niesward doesn't exist. He is nothing but a character created by Torsten Lauschmann, a German born artist living in Scotland. And 'World Jump Day' is just an experiment in mob mentality by him... Lauschmann claims 'World Jump Day' started out as a simple thought between friends and quickly escalated into a global phenomenon. In 2005, Lauschmann encouraged scientists and bloggers from around the world to discuss on World Jump Day. You can know more about Torsten Lauschmann from his official site .
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