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Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Science!: A feather and a bowling ball fall in a vacuum

By Jack Brummet, Amateur Physics Ed.

I remember from physics class that all objects fall at the same rate in a vacuum. But I'd never seen it. The money shot starts at 2:50 on this YouTube video. . .

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