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Jack_Ian
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 Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 3:22 am Post subject: 1 |
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Due to the fact that all the planets, apart from Earth, are currently located on the other side of the Sun, the pull of gravity is slightly reduced on Earth today for that portion of Earth facing the Sun.
The effect will be most pronounced at 11:39 GMT, but can be experienced for several hours on either side.
The main consequence is that objects will be as much as 0.13% lighter, so you should allow yourself that extra chocolate muffin to-day.
Unfortunately, you will still need to work off the extra weight tomorrow. 
For more info, and some cool experiments to try out, click here. |
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Poisonium
annoyed by the old
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| Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 6:52 pm Post subject: 2 |
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I was going to shout something about wrong physics... But then the post date dawned on me...
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Antrax
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| Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 8:07 pm Post subject: 3 |
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Wasn't this reported by the BBC a while back?
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Jack_Ian
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| Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 4:31 am Post subject: 4 |
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I'm not sure where I first heard it.
I remembered it when trying to figure out how I would trick my kids, but it goes back a few years.
I taped them bouncing on the trampoline asking me if I could see any difference. 
I found this though...
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| 1976: The British astronomer Patrick Moore announced on BBC Radio 2 that at 9:47 AM a once-in-a-lifetime astronomical event was going to occur that listeners could experience in their very own homes. The planet Pluto would pass behind Jupiter, temporarily causing a gravitational alignment that would counteract and lessen the Earth's own gravity. Moore told his listeners that if they jumped in the air at the exact moment that this planetary alignment occurred, they would experience a strange floating sensation. When 9:47 AM arrived, BBC2 began to receive hundreds of phone calls from listeners claiming to have felt the sensation. One woman even reported that she and her eleven friends had risen from their chairs and floated around the room. |
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Lepton*
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| Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 8:39 am Post subject: 5 |
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This is Patrick Moore:
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Samadhi
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| Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 4:24 pm Post subject: 6 |
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This is More Patrick:
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Lepton*
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| Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 10:44 am Post subject: 7 |
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| To be clear, I posted mine because the concept of crusty old monocled Sir Patrick Moore playing an April Fools joke on the radio is hilarious. |
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