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7 fact-checked facts about three-day habit sprints and the science of days and habits, each with the reason behind it. 5 more are in today's round and join this page after it closes.

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The basics

How many hours are in three days?

Answer72

Each day has 24 hours, so three days add up to 72 hours.

If you start a 3-day challenge on a Friday, which day is day three?

AnswerSunday

Friday is day one, Saturday is day two and Sunday is day three.

Going deeper

In habit science, the 'habit loop' is usually described as cue, routine and what?

AnswerReward

A cue triggers a routine, and a satisfying outcome makes the brain more likely to repeat it next time.

A 2009 University College London study found new habits took a median of about how long to become automatic?

Answer66 days

Participants took between 18 and 254 days to make a behavior automatic, with a median of about 66 days.

What is the body's roughly 24-hour internal clock called?

AnswerCircadian rhythm

'Circadian' comes from the Latin circa diem, meaning 'about a day'.

Expert level

Which planet takes longer to spin once on its axis than to orbit the Sun?

AnswerVenus

Venus takes about 243 Earth days to rotate once but only about 225 Earth days to go around the Sun.

Measured against the distant stars, how long does Earth take to spin once (a sidereal day)?

AnswerAbout 23 hours 56 minutes

Relative to the stars Earth turns in about 23 h 56 min; a solar day is longer because Earth also moves along its orbit.

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