Things You Thought You Knew – The Dark Side of the Moon

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🗓️ 17 October 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

A year isn’t what you think it is… Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice explore things you thought you knew about the length of a year, the dark side of the moon, and the physics of a moving system.

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0:00.0	They watch too many Warner Bros. cartoons.
0:03.4	That's what's wrong with those two.
0:06.1	Too many violins.
0:07.1	They're using the cartoon laws of physics instead of the actual laws of physics.
0:11.2	In that person's world, you know what else happens?
0:14.3	If you don't know that you're not standing on the edge of a cliff, you can actually stand
0:19.8	on thin air.
0:20.8	Gravity only kicks in with your awareness.
0:23.8	That's it, you know?
0:25.2	It's a new law of physics, right, bitch.
0:29.6	Welcome to Star Talk, your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:38.0	Star Talk begins right now.
0:40.4	Chuck, what's up, Neil?
0:45.0	I'm for another things you thought you knew.
0:47.9	Awesome.
0:48.9	Yes, which is pretty much everything for me.
0:53.8	I thought I knew it and then I found out I did not know it at all.
0:57.9	I thought I knew that.
0:59.2	I did not know it.
1:01.2	Okay.
1:02.2	So I got one here.
1:03.2	You ready?
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