Author Topic: a couple things you probably didn't know  (Read 3978 times)

13. I was going to do this for number 12 but im 12. Yay!!....

Theoretically, because light can't escape. If you sent a space ship into a black hole and observed it from afar, it would stop at the edge, but in reality, it would go in.

Not theoretically, fictionally. The space ship appears to stop because the light reflecting off of it cannot escape. That is not time stopping. The people on the ship probably wouldn't even realize they passed the event horizon.

Not theoretically, fictionally. The space ship appears to stop because the light reflecting off of it cannot escape. That is not time stopping. The people on the ship probably wouldn't even realize they passed the event horizon.
But if you were watching it from afar. Since we can't receive any light from the event horizon, it seems to stop.

well, I didn't really mean to say that time is stopped, I meant that there is an illusion of time stopping.

14. you've touched about 10 or more richards today, via doorhandles, handshakes, money, etc.


15. The effect of gravity bending light in sight is known as, "gravitational lensing"

16. There is a town in Newfoundland called "carrot".

17. My Favorite breed of Doge is the "Bassit Hound"

18. A group of mice is called a "mischief".
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uugh

rambo and muddy waters need to stop talking about unimportant things

in theory a car could be powered by melted wax

20. It is possible to power a lawn mower with methane.

21. Bruce Lee is supposed to have his own awesome facts not Chuck Norris.

22. Recaptcha is actually a trick by google to get you to fix their automatic book-digitalisation
Only 1 word is used for authentication.

23. Poleutrough doesnt remember that this is a thread about things that you didnt know. And no one here knew that my favorite breed of Doge is a Bassit Hound