claim_arguably@lemdro.id to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWhat's a scientific fact that sounds made up but is 100% real?message-squaremessage-square224linkfedilinkarrow-up1180arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1179arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a scientific fact that sounds made up but is 100% real?claim_arguably@lemdro.id to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square224linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareApplesauce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·2 days agoThere are more grains of sand on the planet Earth than there are stars in the solar system.
minus-squareDigestive_Biscuit@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoYeah. It’s like saying what weights more, a KG of iron or a KG or feathers.
minus-squareHatchetHaro@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agoThat’s right, it’s a kilogramme of steel, because steel is heavier than feathers!
minus-squarevithigar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoAt standard temperature and pressure, the iron. You gave a unit of mass but asked which weighs more. The feathers are more buoyant. Both negatively buoyant in air of course, but the feathers less so.
minus-squareApplesauce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoKg of iron. Iron is heavier than feathers
minus-squareleagman1@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoNo, you see, they’re both a kilogram, Limmy.
There are more grains of sand on the planet Earth than there are stars in the solar system.
Our solar system? So, more than 1?
Yeah. It’s like saying what weights more, a KG of iron or a KG or feathers.
That’s right, it’s a kilogramme of steel, because steel is heavier than feathers!
At standard temperature and pressure, the iron. You gave a unit of mass but asked which weighs more. The feathers are more buoyant. Both negatively buoyant in air of course, but the feathers less so.
Kg of iron. Iron is heavier than feathers
No, you see, they’re both a kilogram, Limmy.