Ahhh April Fools Day. That yearly tradition of hoaxes, pranks, joke, and other mischief. Even large companies, notoriously straight-edged for fear of causing a stir and offending customers, play along and sometimes go to extreme lengths for a good joke.
Quick question: I lift a green car up off the ground 5 feet (I've been working out and have Hulk-like strength apparently) and then drop it to the ground... how far did the car move? If you answered 5 feet, you're wrong... or right, depending on the context. In the 0.55 seconds it took to see it move 5 feet in our frame of reference, the earth was moving at 67,000 miles per hour around the sun. So from the sun's perspective the ball moved approximately 53,800 feet as well. This of course ignores the additional effects of the earths rotation and elliptical orbit, but you get the general ide
Quick Question. How many dimensions does a ball of yarn have? If you answered 3, your wrong! Or right... depending on the context.
A ball of yarn at an arms length has a visible height, width, and depth. However at 100 yards away, it appears at a dot (0 dimensions). 100 miles away you can't even see it so the question of it's dimensionality is moot.