John Malkovich’s voice and spectacular cadence in your head:

  • “It is estimated that Santa’s sleigh weighs 353 thousand tons. So, traveling at 650 miles per second would create such enormous friction that Santa and his reindeer would burst into flames. You understand? Like a meteor entering the atmosphere. This is a scientific fact.
  • dalekcaan@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Small nitpick, technically at those speeds the majority of the heat comes from air compressing in front of the object, not the air friction