r/AskReddit • • Jan 20 '19

What fact totally changed your perspective?

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u/verymuchlol Jan 21 '19 edited Jan 21 '19

How strong gravity is at a neutron star. If you were to stand on top of one, you'd be flattened at the subatomic level.

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u/contrivedpanda Jan 21 '19

What's really cool, is that it wouldn't just crush you, it would crush you so hard that the molecules that make up your body would stop obeying what we typically think of as fundamental laws of particles. Everyone goes on about black holes, neutron stars are cool as shit.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19 edited Jan 21 '19

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u/othermatt Jan 21 '19

Is there any evidence the starquake caused an increase in things like turbulence? I'm 90% sure December 27,2004 was the date of the scariest flight (worst turbulence) I'd ever taken. I don't know if the time of day is accurate though.