Wood Angle Falls Faster Than Rubber Ball
The following is a neat little experiment whose result may be counterintuitive to some of those who embrace the “all bodies fall the same way inside earth’s gravity” ‘doctrine’ without quite understanding it. Remember, in old ages long ago people thought that a feather does not fall as fast to the ground as a cannon ball. Nowadays, people are so much smarter, well, at least they feel so much smarter, and they know that the feather only falls slower due to the air resistance. This has become somewhat of a 'doctrine' in the sense that many who 'know' it do actually not really understand the underlying reasons. In result, they are surprised by the nifty little experiment in the linked video, because the wooden angle reaches the table before the ball does.read more