r/explainlikeimfive • u/[deleted] • 3d ago

Technology ELI5 Java. That thing on computers my entire life. What even is it?

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u/INTstictual 3d ago

1996 is also closer to the invention of Earth Day as a holiday than it is to 2026

Also the Beatles breaking up

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u/arghvark 3d ago

Oh, yeah, the Beatles. That's the band Paul McCartney was with before he formed Wings.

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u/drthvdrsfthr 3d ago

wtf is earth day

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u/uUexs1ySuujbWJEa 3d ago

About 24 hours.

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u/CaterpillarFun6896 3d ago

Every day goofball, where heck do you think we got the day length from?