If you put one on each end of a seesaw, which side would go down?
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what ever side is put on first will go down, and the mass of the feathers will tip the seesaw down next
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if you lay under a seesaw at a feminist convention, with an erection, is it attempted rape?
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the feathers. The weight of what happened to those poor birds will weigh heavily on the conscience
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Strictly speaking the weight (not the mass) of a pound of feathers is a bit less than a pound of lead. The feathers have more(1)
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(2) volume, and experiment a slight increase in force from the fluid (air) they are submerged. That lift is infinitesimal (3)
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(3) but it's there. So a pound of feathers weights less that a pound of lead. But both have the same mass (1 pound).
