Folk theory of cold snap: frozen ice cap served as a large central thermal mass, serving as an inertial center. When that melted, the peripheral bits broke off. Like how satellites would fly off if a planet disappeared. Except somehow pressure gradients do the work of gravity.
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Oh look earth is now a fidget spinner https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/01/30/science/polar-vortex-extreme-cold.html?action=click&module=Top+Stories&pgtype=Homepage&fbclid=IwAR21O1XFLrH9J9tmq1BlHkzNvumMFrgjC6CZr4cPiCrse7OAWAk0b-LB_sQ …pic.twitter.com/v1IEadySjK
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