Submitted by Dearfield t3_1059jux in todayilearned
da90 t1_j3a00jb wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL Colorado is actually a hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagon, meaning it has 697 sides. by Dearfield
And not even that: the earth isn’t a Euclidean plane, not to mention surface topography!
AnthillOmbudsman t1_j3a9tfl wrote
Also don't forget the curvature of spacetime due to gravitational forces.
da90 t1_j3auzz9 wrote
Fun fact: the earth is a much closer to a flat plane in curved space time than it is in our Euclidean view
IBeTrippin t1_j3ax5hy wrote
Damn, that was fun.
Oscar_Cunningham t1_j3bk0fv wrote
Is this just another way of saying 'gravity is perpendicular to the ground'?
KAMSPioneer t1_j3c0lsd wrote
Yeah but that fact isn't nearly as fun.
AgoraiosBum t1_j3b34zt wrote
How am I even supposed to measure it if I don't know the right relative frame of reference?
LetsTryScience t1_j3b7srz wrote
Don't worry, just as your brain crashes so will ArcGIS. Then you can stop thinking about it and grab some coffee.
[deleted] t1_j3a0706 wrote
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Lkwzriqwea t1_j3cfio3 wrote
TIL Colorado is non-Euclidean
FelixSineculpa t1_j3do2i1 wrote
Colothulu
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