EARTH CRUSHING FACTS ABOUT GRAVITY

ON TITAN, ONE OF SATURN'S MOONS, THE

ATMOSPHERE IS SO THICK THAT PEOPLE

COULD FLY BY FLAPPING LARGE "WINGS"

WITH THEIR ARMS

DURING A NUCLEAR TEST IN THE 1950’S KNOWN

AS PASCAL B, A 2,000 POUND STEEL PLATE

WAS LAUNCHED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE AT

6 TIMES EARTH'S ESCAPE VELOCITY (THE

SPEED REQUIRED TO ESCAPE EARTH'S GRAVITY).

ALTHOUGH IT WAS NEVER FOUND, SCIENTISTS

HAVE STATED THAT IF IT DIDN'T BURN UP IN THE

ATMOSPHERE, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST

MAN MADE OBJECT TO LEAVE THE EARTH

FOOD DOESN'T TASTE THE SAME IN SPACE

BECAUSE A LACK OF GRAVITY CAUSES

ASTRONAUT'S SINUSES TO CLOG UP

IF YOU ARE MELTING GLASS IN SPACE, THE LACK

OF GRAVITY WOULD INCREASE VISCOSITY WHICH

WOULD ALLOW YOU TO CREATE GLASS OUT OF

CHEMICALS OTHER THAN SILICA

WITHOUT GRAVITY, THE FLAME OF A CANDLE

IS ROUND AND BLUE

THE AREA SURROUNDING HUDSON BAY HAS LOWER

GRAVITY THAN ELSEWHERE ON EARTH. THIS IS

BECAUSE DURING THE LAST ICE AGE THE ICE

SHEETS PRESSED THE EARTH DOWN, DISPLACING

A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MASS. BECAUSE THE

EARTH HAS LESS MASS THERE, GRAVITY

IS DECREASED

ASTRONAUTS DON'T CONSUME SODAS OR

CARBONATED DRINKS BECAUSE THE LACK OF

GRAVITY PREVENTS THE SEPARATION OF LIQUID

AND GAS IN THE STOMACH. THIS CAUSES A TYPE

OF VOMITING KNOWN AS WET BURPING

NEUTRON STARS CAN BEND LIGHT SO MUCH THAT

FROM SOME VANTAGE POINTS YOU CAN SEE THEIR

ENTIRE SURFACE (EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE SPHERICAL!)