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The Water Cooler
“The lateral that Russell Wilson threw to
Mike Davis in Sunday’s Seahawks/Eagles
game was a legit ‘Galilean Transformation.’
In their reference frame, the ball went
backwards. It’s not their fault they ran
forward faster than the ball.”
— Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, offering an explanation based in
classical physics to explain why a Seahawks pass that appeared to show
the ball moving forward was simply science at work, and not an illegal
forward pass.
“We might have to put Grid-iron Galilean
Transformations next to Gravity Waves on
the list of Washington’s contributions to
astrophysics.”
— Gov. Jay Inslee, responding to Tyson’s explanation.
“A man broke a
Guinness world
record by walking
barefoot on a 120-foot
path of loose Legos.
This beats the old
record set by every
dad getting up to
use the bathroom at
night.”
— The Tonight Show starring
Jimmy Fallon
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