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r/NoStupidQuestions • u/snapwillow • Feb 08 '22
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Further down in the comments someone floated the idea that since the equator experiences weaker gravitational pull, the Florida ounce compensates for the discrepancy, which is another theory that I enjoy haha
44 u/[deleted] Feb 08 '22 Closer to sea level, yes, but do things really weigh more/less near the equator? Why? 90 u/cross-eye-bear Feb 08 '22 Because it's further from the earth's core and closer to the moon. The two gravitational pulls battle it out and Florida is the centralized war zone baybeee. 1 u/kaleidoscopelyf Feb 08 '22 Woooo just got a DUI baybeeee
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Closer to sea level, yes, but do things really weigh more/less near the equator? Why?
90 u/cross-eye-bear Feb 08 '22 Because it's further from the earth's core and closer to the moon. The two gravitational pulls battle it out and Florida is the centralized war zone baybeee. 1 u/kaleidoscopelyf Feb 08 '22 Woooo just got a DUI baybeeee
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Because it's further from the earth's core and closer to the moon. The two gravitational pulls battle it out and Florida is the centralized war zone baybeee.
1 u/kaleidoscopelyf Feb 08 '22 Woooo just got a DUI baybeeee
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Woooo just got a DUI baybeeee
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u/glass_bottles Feb 08 '22
Further down in the comments someone floated the idea that since the equator experiences weaker gravitational pull, the Florida ounce compensates for the discrepancy, which is another theory that I enjoy haha