claim_arguably@lemdro.id to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoWhat's a scientific fact that sounds made up but is 100% real?message-squaremessage-square158fedilinkarrow-up1144arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1142arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a scientific fact that sounds made up but is 100% real?claim_arguably@lemdro.id to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square158fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareApplesauce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·10 hours agoThere are more grains of sand on the planet Earth than there are stars in the solar system.
minus-squareDigestive_Biscuit@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoYeah. It’s like saying what weights more, a KG of iron or a KG or feathers.
minus-squarevithigar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 hours 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-squareHatchetHaro@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoThat’s right, it’s a kilogramme of steel, because steel is heavier than feathers!
minus-squareApplesauce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 hours agoKg of iron. Iron is heavier than feathers
minus-squareleagman1@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 hours 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.
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.
That’s right, it’s a kilogramme of steel, because steel is heavier than feathers!
Kg of iron. Iron is heavier than feathers
No, you see, they’re both a kilogram, Limmy.