TIL The earth will complete 367 complete rotations this year; it takes 23 h 56 m for one rotation (a sidereal day).
https://www.aeronomie.be/en/encyclopedia/sidereal-day-definition
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Sidereal day, a definition
For planet Earth this is the rotational period relative to so called fixed stars and not to the Sun.BIRA-IASB