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Tap for spoilerThe bowling ball isn’t falling to the earth faster. The higher perceived acceleration is due to the earth falling toward the bowling ball.

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 26 points 1 week ago (14 children)

But what weighs more:

A ton of bowling balls or a ton of feathers? πŸ€”

[–] Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (11 children)

That's a trick question. Feathers have lower density than bowling balls; a ton of feathers would have a larger volume compared to the same mass in bowling ball, thus the feathers are heavier

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thanks, I ~~was trained by~~ learned from the best ~~Reddit comments~~

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