Oriel,
If you're going to use websites like this one to try to present your position, you should be careful to read the whole thing:
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Originally Posted by Oriel's Website
Time = 23 hours and 56 minutes / sine (local latitude).
The time of 23 hours and 56 minutes is the time taken for the Earth to do one complete revolution. The time of 24 hours is the time taken for the Earth to rotate so that the same point is directly under the Sun. These times would be the same if the Earth did not orbit around the Sun. But the Earth does orbit the Sun, and the extra 4 minutes is the time taken for the extra rotation needed for a given point on the Earth to once again be directly under the Sun.
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BTW, please don't ignore me.
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