Comment on The teacher challenged his students to remove a mandarin from a glass full of water without spilling a single drop

DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I would’ve never suspected that stirring water would make something that size rise up.

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  • prowe45@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    But you see, the key to the trick is that size has nothing to do with it, nor does weight. It’s all about relative densities. The orange is almost entirely water, with just enough other stuff in it to make it sink. Even a bowling ball will float in water if it weighs less than 12 lbs.

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