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-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.
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.