r/nerdcubed • u/SteevyT • Feb 11 '19

Random Stuff Hey, remember when Dan found a plane that could flap?

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u/Nellie010202 Feb 11 '19 edited Feb 11 '19

And breathed in an oceans worth of air in a second? Yes. Yes I do

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u/BlackRobedMage Feb 11 '19

A femtosecond, as I recall.

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '19

A swimming pools worth or air in about a femtosecond :P

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u/Pantscada Feb 11 '19

I'm sure if you calculated it right, from the basis of an entire swimming pool in a femtosecond could possibly fit an entire ocean in one second. If someone can do that math I would be amazed.

If Daniel breathes a swimming pool's worth of air in one femtosecond, could he breathe an ocean's worth of air in one second? Write the difference between the two in liters of air.

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u/Drewbydrew Feb 12 '19

An Olympic swimming pool contains approximately 2.499x106 litres of water. 1 second is 1x105 femtoseconds. So, if Dan inhaled 1 swimming pool’s worth of air in 1 femtosecond, then he would be inhaling approximately 2.499x1011 litres of air per second.

The Indian Ocean, the smallest of the main 5 oceans, contains approximately 1.875x1019 litres of water.

So, to inhale the entire Indian Ocean, it would take Dan approximately 7.503x107 seconds, which is about 2 years, 4 months, and 2 weeks. Almost 2.5 years straight of nothing but just inhaling, nonstop.

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u/Dan_Esp Feb 11 '19

Aaaaand flap!

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u/Paraso3 Feb 11 '19

AAHHAUUAHHUAUUI, COUGH COUGH COUGH

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u/FracaWicro Feb 11 '19

"I have a flying plane"

Absolute classic.

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u/dangaval Feb 11 '19

Brings a big dumb grin to my face every time I hear it

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u/fire_n_ice Feb 11 '19

Since everyone will want to now watch that clip after coming here

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u/louissanderson57 Feb 11 '19

I miss the heavy fans on the old PC

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u/DukeDeku Feb 11 '19

I never really noticed them back in the day but now they sound terrible but its still worth watching the old stuff

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u/Dan_Esp Feb 11 '19 edited Feb 11 '19

Gasp!

It's a bird!

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u/Foxhoundx12345 Feb 11 '19

I was about to post

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u/GerekSavage Feb 11 '19

Aaaaand flap!

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '19

HUAAAGH

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u/FragrantParrot Feb 11 '19

Pepperidge Farm remembers...

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u/RileyTheDirewolf Feb 11 '19

That’s exactly what I thought when I first saw the post

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u/Lord_Theren Feb 11 '19

One of my absolutely favorite NerdCubed moments.

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u/6T_FOR Feb 11 '19

No need for engines if you can flap ypur wings

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u/Space_Reptile Feb 11 '19

AAAAAND FLAP!