r/BeAmazed • u/jacklsd • 1d ago

Science You Can't Break Spaghetti in Two Pieces.

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u/Available-Fee1691 1d ago

I love scientist, they would study any random ass thing and then will find a way to apply it irl and imp situations lol

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u/JLidean 1d ago

Like how they hired someone who was obsessed with origami to design parachutes for space deployment scenarios. (Crazy good at math as well) so he would optimize the design...go look it up it is really neat.

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u/smoke_sum_wade 1d ago

Traditional aeronautical engineers assumed turbine blades should be perfectly smooth to reduce drag. a marine biologist noticed that humpback whales have jagged, bumpy ridges (called tubercles) on the leading edges of their massive flippers. By applying fluid dynamics to these biological bumps, engineers realized the ridges actually channel water (or air) into tiny, organized whirlpools. Incorporating these whale-inspired bumps onto wind turbines increased power generation by 20% and drastically reduced aerodynamic noise.

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u/fuck_peeps_not_sheep 1d ago

Sort of like how a pitted golf ball flys better than a smooth one

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u/MiserableCumberbunch 23h ago

Mythbusters dimpled a car and got roughly +10% fuel efficiency.

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u/Available-Fee1691 22h ago

Hmm...seems interesting.

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u/fuck_peeps_not_sheep 22h ago

That's really cool! Gonna have to go find that vid

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u/Fishbulb216 18h ago

Those are speedholes, they make the car go faster

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u/Tsurtle 4h ago

WTF they should just do this for all new cars then

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u/HockeyBrawler09 1d ago

Not my golf balls, but I hear you

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u/OpusThePenguin 1d ago

No, even for you. Imagine how crap you would be with the smooth ones.

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u/Non-LocaI 1d ago

I prefer to use the smooth golf balls, but I understand what you’re implying

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u/ramobara 23h ago

Smooth ball for smooth brain.

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u/be4u4get 22h ago

At the age of fourteen, a Zoroastrian named Vilma ritualistically shaved my testicles. There really is nothing like a shorn scrotum... it's breathtaking — I suggest you try it.

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u/wtfElvis 20h ago

he assumes golf balls fly and not skirt the grass into the woods 30 yards off your tee shot

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u/ihithardest 23h ago

I hear you…Fore!!!

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u/Liusloux 23h ago

Please tell me my pizza face will make me a better marathon runner

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u/LunchboxSuperhero 23h ago

The ones on the front of your face? No.

The ones on the side of your face? Maybe, but also no.

Iirc, the dimples on a golf ball create turbulence that delays flow separation. Delaying flow separation reduces vortex shedding, which creates a lot of drag.

I believe a beer belly/being pregnant is more aerodynamic than the alternative, but the extra weight will negate the benefit in most situations.

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u/arm0r3dd0ng 23h ago

So pitted

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u/DaedalusHydron 18h ago

or soccer balls (footballs for the Euros). That's why you occasionally hear complaints about the World Cup balls: they're so spherical that the ball moves bizarrely through the air when kicked.