When You Confuse Mass And Weight And Awaken Newton's Wrath

When You Confuse Mass And Weight And Awaken Newton's Wrath
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Newton's ghost just can't rest in peace when people confuse weight and mass! The man who gave us F=ma is rolling in his grave every time someone says "I weigh 70 kg." Actually, your mass is 70 kg, while your weight is about 686 Newtons on Earth (and yes, we measure weight in units named after him because he's just that petty). Mass stays constant whether you're on Earth, the Moon, or floating in space, but your weight changes with gravity. Next time you're trying to impress someone at the gym, just say "My invariant scalar quantity of matter is looking quite fine today, don't you think?" Physics pickup lines - guaranteed to work 60% of the time, every time.

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