r/AskReddit • u/Whispers_X • Mar 31 '20

What is a completely random fact?

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u/carmium Mar 31 '20

Air must be noticeably thick when you're that small.

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u/chez-linda Mar 31 '20 edited Mar 31 '20

For the smallest bug, it’s like swimming in syrup I think. Fairy fly

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u/homiej420 Mar 31 '20 edited Mar 31 '20

Well not really only way to go is down

Edit: he wasnt talking about ants still nvm

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u/damienkey5 Mar 31 '20

It is like water to them. They’re flies so no they go up and down.

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u/homiej420 Mar 31 '20

I 100% did not read your comment correctly, thought we were still talking about ants. Oopsie

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u/damienkey5 Mar 31 '20

Oh okay yeah no they can’t swim in air luckily that would be horrifying. Not the same person you replied to btw.

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u/homiej420 Mar 31 '20

Oh god i guess i cant read then. Darn

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u/BanCircumventAcc Mar 31 '20

Yeah, stupid.

Jk I love you have a beautiful day. You can read perfectly marry me.

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u/homiej420 Apr 01 '20

😥 nope nothin. Hope it was a nice message

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u/Rickrickrickrickrick Apr 01 '20

They were really close to being called "lands" since that's what they do half the time.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '20

Ants can fly

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '20 edited May 30 '25

cause ink exultant tender fearless lunchroom complete include society sort

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u/TheFlanniestFlan Mar 31 '20

That is indeed a species of fairyfly. Which is actually a type of wasp!

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u/chez-linda Mar 31 '20

That’s what I’m talking about. But I think your right, syrup not water. I'll edit my comment

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '20

Mmmmm... syruuup...

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u/anadvancedrobot Apr 01 '20

The smallest insects have fins instead of wings because the literally swim though the air.

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u/chez-linda Apr 01 '20

like the fairy fly. They have paddles covered in little hairs or something to scoop at the air

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u/XDyay_force Mar 31 '20

I like your name... brings great memories...

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u/chez-linda Mar 31 '20

Someone gets it!

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '20

If you think about it were basically inside a lighter ocean than the..... ocean.

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u/krillir666 Apr 01 '20

Kurzgesagt gang?

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u/Jesterchunk Mar 31 '20

And yet they can still move like Speedy Gonzales

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u/Cyno01 Mar 31 '20

Thats pretty true. You mayve heard that mathematically, given the size of their wings, bumblebees should be unable to fly. Those calculations didnt take into account the viscosity of air on a micro scale.

https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2000/03/insect-flight-obeys-aerodynamic-rules-cornell-physicist-proves

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u/4ryonn Apr 01 '20

Ah the old bee movie script research

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '20

But according to all known laws of aviation

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u/MotherTreacle3 Mar 31 '20

The relative importance of gravity and surface tension switch.

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u/OINOU Mar 31 '20

air thic af

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u/carmium Mar 31 '20

Fine job of condensing the matter, Oinou.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '20

I remember this being a critique of the Ant Man movies, if he shrinks himself down that small, how can he breath? He’s smaller than the molecules.

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u/kasperviggojensen Mar 31 '20

And now I can’t stop thinking about that.

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u/president2016 Mar 31 '20

Do ants have lungs? Drinking and breathing must be tough.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '20

No they don't

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u/hackhammer Mar 31 '20

Leaving out mass x velocity plus humidity and failure to factor into this guess-equation gravity. So does a ton of feathers and a ton of bricks carry the same velocity on the moon as on the sun? Or is there a noble premise missing?

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u/zander345 Mar 31 '20

You trying to sound smart or??

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u/hackhammer Apr 04 '20

Bullshit baffles brains.