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Could you answer a child’s question?
From the BBC
1) Why don't all the fish die when lightning hits the sea?
2) How much does the sky weigh?
4) Why are birds not electrocuted when they land on electricity wires?
5) What is time?
6) Why is the Moon sometimes out in the day and sometimes at night?
9) Why is water wet?
1) Why don't all the fish die when lightning hits the sea?
2) How much does the sky weigh?
4) Why are birds not electrocuted when they land on electricity wires?
5) What is time?
6) Why is the Moon sometimes out in the day and sometimes at night?
9) Why is water wet?
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Permalink Reply by Matthew Handy on -
I'll start us off with my answer to Q2, “How much does the sky weigh?”
Air is surprisingly heavy. All the air in a typical school classroom weighs about as much as one of the children in it. So the amount of air sitting on your head and shoulders when you're standing outside weighs about as much as a car!
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