The Moon doesn't orbit Earth, it orbits the Sun. It just kinda follows Earth along while doing so. (The gravitational pull of the Sun on the Moon is greater than that of Earth.)
Also, while electric signals are transmitted very fast, close to the speed of light, electrons transmitting it move rather slowly, like a few millimeters per second.
I like the one about how there's more time from the construction of the Pyramids to Cleopatra, than there is from Cleopatra to the invention of the smartphone. There's some 2.5k years between Cleopatra and the Pyramids, while there are only some 2k years between Cleopatra and the smartphone. So the pyramids are further back in history for her than the Roman Empire is for us.
There’s no such thing as gravity. The planets don’t orbit the sun due to gravity. Instead, large masses distort space - time, causing what we perceive as a curved orbit.
the warping of spacetime with large masses does not account for gravity at the quantum scale and is built from an incomplete model of the universe. You cannot say for certain that the graviton doesn't exist. ALSO from a language and mereological perspective gravity is a phenomenological word and describes a tendency to fall towards the local center of mass. You might not be able to hand me a cup of gravity but you can't give a cup of happiness either and no one thinks "happiness isn't real"
Start by reading Stephen Hawking's "A Brief History of Time" (or the "Briefer" version). It's a little out of date but it will teach you some fun stuff. It's written "for the layman" but even rather intelligent people have to read it a few times over a few years to grasp a majority of it. Some of the concepts are beyond abstract.
Sharks are older than coal, Saturn’s rings, and Mount Everest, too.
And that’s the second time I’ve commented about that today, which is just weird in itself.
Other fun science: humans can’t sense when they run out of oxygen. They can sense when there’s too much carbon dioxide mixing with their blood, so as long as you can exhale, you won’t panic… even if you’re breathing nitrogen or other asphyxiating gases.
copperdomebodhi
When a serial killer is loose, people with Dissociative Identity Disorder have something extra to fear. They can't be sure they aren't the killer.
cousteau
Well, there IS one way to do it without closing your butthole
cousteau
The Moon doesn't orbit Earth, it orbits the Sun. It just kinda follows Earth along while doing so. (The gravitational pull of the Sun on the Moon is greater than that of Earth.)
SmilinBobsFamilyStyleMortuaryAndCrematorium
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cousteau
Electricity (or rather, electrical energy) doesn't flow on the inside of a wire. It flows right on the outside, using the wire just to guide it.
cousteau
Also, while electric signals are transmitted very fast, close to the speed of light, electrons transmitting it move rather slowly, like a few millimeters per second.
pommelguy
Lobsters and roaches are both descended from trilobites.
MungChomper69420
Ostrich dick is 18 inches of heaven
notherenorthereoranywhere
Boots or the Ginger?
CaptainThePirate
There are more trees on our planet than stars in the Milky Way galaxy.
VitaminJay
/checks.
Well, raise my rent!
Roguishpotato
Fungi existed before sharks.
cousteau
Fungi existed before fun guys
beemarr
I like the one about how there's more time from the construction of the Pyramids to Cleopatra, than there is from Cleopatra to the invention of the smartphone. There's some 2.5k years between Cleopatra and the Pyramids, while there are only some 2k years between Cleopatra and the smartphone. So the pyramids are further back in history for her than the Roman Empire is for us.
obesz
Does helicopter d- count?
UmmonPrime
I don't know what to do with that response. Guess I need a mirror.
LespritDeLescalier22
The human body has no way to detect the feeling of “wet” in water. Only temperature differences and movement.
futhor
Ebola is stored in the balls
GenXHippie
I’d say you dramatically overestimate how relaxed I am at any given time.
RetrogradeLlama
There’s no such thing as gravity. The planets don’t orbit the sun due to gravity. Instead, large masses distort space - time, causing what we perceive as a curved orbit.
KR1570F
the warping of spacetime with large masses does not account for gravity at the quantum scale and is built from an incomplete model of the universe. You cannot say for certain that the graviton doesn't exist. ALSO from a language and mereological perspective gravity is a phenomenological word and describes a tendency to fall towards the local center of mass. You might not be able to hand me a cup of gravity but you can't give a cup of happiness either and no one thinks "happiness isn't real"
RetrogradeLlama
I can't say for certain unicorns don't exist, but I'm going with the evidence on that one too.
IJustWantToMakeAComment
Give me more- I crave this knowledge
RetrogradeLlama
Start by reading Stephen Hawking's "A Brief History of Time" (or the "Briefer" version). It's a little out of date but it will teach you some fun stuff. It's written "for the layman" but even rather intelligent people have to read it a few times over a few years to grasp a majority of it. Some of the concepts are beyond abstract.
ClutterMonkey
I just did the helicopter and my butthole didn’t even flinch.
Level21Magikarp
sleeperkid
I should have said “flex”.
ProfessorVanDiggenSagg
If I'd "flex" my dick, my butthole would clench, but not for the same reason you're thinking of.
Tarmaccian
Sharks are older than coal, Saturn’s rings, and Mount Everest, too.
And that’s the second time I’ve commented about that today, which is just weird in itself.
Other fun science: humans can’t sense when they run out of oxygen. They can sense when there’s too much carbon dioxide mixing with their blood, so as long as you can exhale, you won’t panic… even if you’re breathing nitrogen or other asphyxiating gases.
MrKNRJ
Sharks are older than the star Polaris too
ClutterMonkey
That is how Kavorkian did his whole thing.
Exyr
Well unless you start breathing in an a co2 rich environment like a sealed room. They'll you'll start to panic.
MightyIink
Most modern circuit boards are so low voltage you're more likely to shock it than be shocked back.
KR1570F
DangerBaer
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largomatic
Your butthole is otherwise open?
Probablyimaginary
Yours isnt?
largomatic
No. Is that bad? Why didn’t anybody tell me!?
Probablyimaginary
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dohcohv
Trees are a form, and many are not related more than they are all plants. Palm trees are grasses.
yourdesiredusernameisnotavailable
Eating boogers vaccinates you
detectivepopcornmmmmm
I found the booger eater!
IJustWantToMakeAComment
Sounds like something a booger eater would sayhing