Yes, it’s from a book called “Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader” and that book was resting on a closed toilet seat in a nation that only kind of uses the metric system in certain situations… however, you’d be surprised how much you can learn after a single visit to any local fast-food joint!

  • brem@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    120·
    2 days ago

    Sort of, yeah, Earth is a bit wider around the equatorial axis than around the polar one.

    Thanks for explaining that a fucking ball is easier to squeeze at it’s widest part, genius.

    • MartianSands@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      141·
      2 days ago

      What are you talking about? That isn’t what they said, and a ball doesn’t have a widest point. That’s more or less the definition of a ball.

      The distance between the two poles is smaller than the distance from one side to the other following the equator. The earth isn’t quite a ball, it’s a bit squashed because of way it spins

      • brem@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        211·
        2 days ago

        Okay, a ball is equally wide but sometimes it gets squeezed and becomes tallish

        • wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          12 hours ago

          Since it seems like you’re confused about the precise deformation of earth: the earth is wider around the equator. It’s not being squished but, rather, being flung apart by its spinning on its axis, like spinning pizza dough. Gravity just keeps it the same shape.

          If you’re interested, look up “geodesy”