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Thread: Expanding Earth

  1. 10-22-2013, 04:39 PM #1
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    Expanding Earth

    http://what-if.xkcd.com/


    Sooo...This is super cool.


    "How long would it take for people to notice their weight gain if the mean radius of the world expanded by 1cm every second? (Assuming the average composition of rock were maintained.)"

    Supercool entertaining answer!
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  4. 10-23-2013, 05:54 AM #3
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    That was cool, I like the method that they use to educate. I hate reading long winded articles... but this was actually like an educational comic
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