I say to people "if you tie a rope round a barrel then, for there to be 1m gap round it, it needs to be 6.3m longer. So if you do the same round the equator, how much longer does the rope need to be?". People are amazed when I say "just 6.3m again".
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Mind boggling indeed
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I'm pretty sure making the string longer won't make it levitate. But I get the point... :)
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Tie one every meter and you've got a space staircase! It'll work!
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But the Earth is an ellipsoid! Correct me if I'm wrong.pic.twitter.com/mFDy8kAd6I
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Well now I know what I'm doing this weekend
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flat earthers are screaming
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This maths problem cost golfer Jesper Parnevik a not inconsiderable sum of money after he missed a putt while distracted thinking about it at a tournament in 1999.https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf-the-sum-of-parneviks-missed-putt-1105273.html …
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Can't argue with mathematical proof, but this goes against my initial intuitive feel! Brilliant!
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