claim_arguably@lemdro.id to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoWhat's a scientific fact that sounds made up but is 100% real?message-squaremessage-square208linkfedilinkarrow-up1168arrow-down15
arrow-up1163arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a scientific fact that sounds made up but is 100% real?claim_arguably@lemdro.id to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square208linkfedilink
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·13 hours agoA 70cm diameter soccer ball (>2 ft across) would be kinda fun. Except headers the CTE would be even worse!
minus-squarepodian@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 hours agoAll Very true facts. I admit I was and am still taken aback by the measurement and extrapolation of linear distances using… circumference.
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoYeah it’s a weird way to make the distances sound shorter than pi*(a measurement we all can visualize).
Diameter or circumference?
A 70cm diameter soccer ball (>2 ft across) would be kinda fun. Except headers the CTE would be even worse!
All Very true facts. I admit I was and am still taken aback by the measurement and extrapolation of linear distances using… circumference.
Yeah it’s a weird way to make the distances sound shorter than pi*(a measurement we all can visualize).