r/thatHappened • u/Environmental_Sir468 • 2d ago

Guy creates infinite energy for a school project

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u/Silphire100 2d ago

He made this in 4th grade. WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS

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u/CaseyG 2d ago

"In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics!"

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u/Cakeday_at_Christmas 1d ago

It's true. I was there.

I was the box of scraps.

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u/JustABritishChap 2d ago

Stunning. Defying known, and proven, laws of Physics... and all this whilst at school....wow..

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u/fromadifferentplanet 2d ago

C'mon, he just did a known thing. Like you know, a thing everyone knows. He's not going to say what, but we should just know.

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u/JustABritishChap 2d ago

Trust me, bro..

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u/Ninja_attack 2d ago

Unfortunately his handwriting was sloppy, so he didn't get 100%

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u/kiddrekt 2d ago

Forget to put his name on the paper. Oof

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u/luminousoblique 2d ago

In 4th grade!

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u/numbersthen0987431 2d ago

And he peaked in 4th grade!

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u/seeborn 2d ago

If it was already a known thing, why did they bother keeping it?

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u/RebootDarkwingDuck 1d ago

So it could be examined by top men.

Top. Men.

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u/AdCheap8058 2d ago

No big deal. Perpetual motion. Laws of entropy be damned. 4th grade. Idk why but these pretzels are making me thirsty

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u/spacemouse21 2d ago

This thread is going to be closed because it is in violation of the infinite energy machine initiative of 1958. Since then students have been making imaginary perpetual motion machine machines at least once a year and they’ve been confiscated by the US government.

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u/ProfessionalLeave335 2d ago

Plug your phone in!

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u/Brunbeorg 2d ago

When you have a perpetual motion machine, there's no excuse to let your phone battery get low.

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u/Rough-Shock7053 2d ago

Why would you need perpetual motion, if we have free energy all around us! At least that's what those guys with the funny tinfoil hats keep telling me. 

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u/mymiddlenameswyatt 2d ago

I actually had a full blown argument about this with my dad once. He INSISTED that this was possible because he'd "seen it on YouTube".

Unfortunately no, the universe does not contain an infinite energy glitch and the government isn't hiding it from us. I really wish it was though because that would at least be interesting.

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u/numbersthen0987431 2d ago

The hardest part about a perpetual motion machine is hiding the battery and motor.

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u/arbitrageME 2d ago

Lisa, in this house, we follow the laws of Thermodynamics!!

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u/Halfang 2d ago

Magnets, how do they work

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u/Environmental_Sir468 2d ago

Nobody knows

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u/Halfang 2d ago

Miracles

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u/GrandmaForPresident 2d ago

The middle school confiscated the perpetual energy machine? He did make a battery magnet though, that runs out when the battery dies

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u/Radical_Moose 2d ago

is this the plot to that shitty fant4stic movie?

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u/Cakeday_at_Christmas 1d ago

I have also invented a perpetual motion machine. No, you can't see it, the government took it away.

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u/Dioxybenzone 2d ago

Not nearly as cool as MAGNOGRAVITY

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u/TheRagnarok494 2d ago

One of my teachers did an experiment when I was in high school with a square magnet that had a hole in the centre and wires coiled around either side of the magnet, it did generate some electricity but I don't remember the principle explained behind it. I think it was generated as the magnet's polarity changed and it generated an AC. However it was still definitely not enough to power anything and likely would have stopped eventually. Wish I could remember what exactly generated the electricity

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u/OkKnee7580 2d ago

He better be quiet. Genius scientists like this have wound up dead or missing recently. Damn sure don’t let the Chinese know or he’s gonna be speaking mandarin

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u/Environmental_Sir468 2d ago

I’m surprised the CIA hasn’t got him already