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A man launched from a moving truck in the opposite direction - at the same speed the truck was traveling. (mstdn.social)
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This experiment spectacularly showed how relative speed works.

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[-] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The two nerdy cannonballs on that lad ...

... are prob of just average size bcs the boio understood the physics/risks.

Actually, the demonstration would have been even more radical (as the kids say) if they fired a cannonball at him too. If they matched the acceleration & the engineering accordingly, he wouldn't get hit.

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