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Let's do some math:

The Earth rotates in 24 hours and during that time it covers 360 degrees.

One hour has 60 minutes, so a day has 24x60=1440 minutes.

Therefore, the Earth covers 360/1440 degrees per day and 0.25 degrees per minute.

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