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This experiment spectacularly showed how relative speed works.

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[-] D_C@sh.itjust.works 104 points 5 days ago

Mythbusters did a version of this with a watermelon, or a ball.

Their version was entertaining, but this is a lot more dramatic.

[-] fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net 63 points 5 days ago

Jamie wanted to do it this way, with himself being the projectile, but they wouldn’t let him

[-] SmackemWittadic@lemmy.world 27 points 5 days ago

Hynie man always was a mad scientist type of guy

[-] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 25 points 5 days ago

They wanted to launch Tory out the back, but it was deemed too dangerous. Clip of the soccer ball.

[-] Hasherm0n@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

The full video (linked in another comment) references the myth busters video in the first 20 seconds.

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