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"It takes the earth 23 hours 56 minutes and 4 seconds to rotate 360 degrees. If this is so, then why are there 24 hours in a day? Why doesn't the Earth's timing system get all out of whack?"
Not sure many would even know that - as evidenced by the lack of replies 😛.
Earth isn't stationary - it's orbiting the sun in the direction it rotates and thus for it to face the sun at exactly the same place it requires a 361 degree rotation. The 1 degree takes 4 minutes.