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SmartyTru

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Another Strange Fact
« on: November 03, 2011, 02:07:14 pm »
If we had no air in our atmosphere, all objects would accelerate at a rate of 9.81 meters per second per second thanks to Earth’s gravity. However, thanks to air resistance a falling object’s motion is opposed by drag from air molecules. This drag force eventually becomes equal to the object’s falling speed and no longer allows for further acceleration. This ‘terminal velocity’ is quite low for creatures as small as ants - somewhere around 2 meters per second. The slower velocity combined with the ant’s extremely durable exoskeleton means that it could easily survive a fall of several hundred feet!
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Re: Another Strange Fact
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2011, 02:23:13 pm »
i guess your name suits u. your are smart.

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Re: Another Strange Fact
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2011, 02:24:45 pm »
But the bane of such small creatures is surface tension.
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Re: Another Strange Fact
« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2011, 03:18:34 pm »
Just another day in the encylopedic brainpan.  Interesting though I don't know if I will ever get to share that info with anyone else. Oh, maybe on Jepardy!

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Re: Another Strange Fact
« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2011, 04:21:28 pm »
Interesting. I never really gave it too much thought, but interesting nonetheless.

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Re: Another Strange Fact
« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2011, 05:36:26 am »
Just another day in the encylopedic brainpan.  Interesting though I don't know if I will ever get to share that info with anyone else. Oh, maybe on Jepardy!
OH you mean Jeopardy :D

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Re: Another Strange Fact
« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2011, 08:12:08 am »
It is a strange fact that if your parents did not have children, neither will you. :)

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Re: Another Strange Fact
« Reply #7 on: November 04, 2011, 09:19:10 am »
i guess your name suits u. your are smart.

They're 'smart' because they can copy and paste info that can be found in tons of places on the internet - and NOT give credit to where it WAS copied from? No.

It is a strange fact that if your parents did not have children, neither will you. :)

Love it! ;D I just wonder how many people won't be able to figure that one out. ;)
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