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Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/3135




Reminds me of the time that Bill O'Reilly argued on national television that tides were inexplicable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUeybwTMeWo


I live near a river that flows backwards for some 50km or so with tides. The first time I saw it, I thought I'd gotten turned around because surely water can't flow uphill, right? It's fun to find out that one is so wrong about basic physics.



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