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1. wastin+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-12-05 22:05:24
Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/3135
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2. santor+j5[view] [source] 2025-12-05 22:38:05
>>wastin+(OP)
Reminds me of the time that Bill O'Reilly argued on national television that tides were inexplicable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUeybwTMeWo

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3. boothb+yc[view] [source] 2025-12-05 23:25:45
>>wastin+(OP)
I live near a river that flows backwards for some 50km or so with tides. The first time I saw it, I thought I'd gotten turned around because surely water can't flow uphill, right? It's fun to find out that one is so wrong about basic physics.
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