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Update: The physics department has recruited an astronomer who studies meteor fireballs.

Explain: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3061:_Water_Balloons

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[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

When my dad was a kid he used to fill up the empty bags bread comes in then climb up on the fairly flat roof of a shed and throw them at his twin sister. I’m sure those were at least a liter, probably more.

Although thinking about it, 200 ml seems small. I would think I’ve usually been more in the neighborhood of 500 ml when filling them.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

What was his twin sister's opinion of this activity?

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Less than impressed. ~65 years later it still makes him laugh, but I think she also does now, at the childish mayhem of it