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Planetary Rings

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If you don't know where you are on Earth, the angle of satellite dishes can help constrain your latitude. If some of them are pointing straight up, you're probably near the Equator, right under the ring.
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If you don't know where you are on Earth, the angle of satellite dishes can help constrain your latitude. If some of them are pointing straight up, you're probably near the Equator, right under the ring.
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Physics Paths

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If nothing else, that reasoning definitely overturns syllogisms.
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If nothing else, that reasoning definitely overturns syllogisms.
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mkalus
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The Weinstein must be twitching.
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Physics Insight

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When Galileo dropped two weights from the Leaning Tower of Pisa, they put him in the history books. But when I do it, I get 'detained by security' for 'injuring several tourists.'
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When Galileo dropped two weights from the Leaning Tower of Pisa, they put him in the history books. But when I do it, I get 'detained by security' for 'injuring several tourists.'
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It happened to me too.
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Hot Water Balloon

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Despite a reputation for safety, the temperatures and surprisingly high pressures make them even more dangerous than the air kind, but the NTSB refuses to investigate accidents because they insist there is no 'transportation' involved.
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Despite a reputation for safety, the temperatures and surprisingly high pressures make them even more dangerous than the air kind, but the NTSB refuses to investigate accidents because they insist there is no 'transportation' involved.
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jheiss
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A steam balloon could work in theory, but if the steam cools below the condensation point your trip would quickly end.

Skateboard

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I understand it's hard to do more than 300 feet on these 90-second rush jobs, but with a smaller ramp I'm worried the gee forces will be too high for me to do any tricks.
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I understand it's hard to do more than 300 feet on these 90-second rush jobs, but with a smaller ramp I'm worried the gee forces will be too high for me to do any tricks.
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Window Screen

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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine or Home Improvement or DIY
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine or Home Improvement or DIY
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