So, I learned in physics class at school in the UK that the value of acceleration due to gravity is a constant called g and that it was 9.81m/s^2. I knew that this value is not a true constant as it is affected by terrain and location. However I didn’t know that it can be so significantly different as to be 9.776 m/s^2 in Kuala Lumpur for example. I’m wondering if a different value is told to children in school that is locally relevant for them? Or do we all use the value I learned?

  • CapeWearingAeroplane@sopuli.xyz
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    11 months ago

    This observation further compounds the hypothesis of “fun wandering story that has been told from person to person for a long time”

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      11 months ago

      Fits in with the sinking library and Native American graveyard (though i believe that the exact second one may be regionally locked)