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Default Block in boat - OT, NO metal just brain

On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 15:58:39 -0500, Gary Coffman wrote:

Now, with the knowledge gained from this thought experiment, here's
another brain teaser. Which weighs more (at the Earth's surface, in
air), a metric ton mass of feathers, or a metric ton mass of lead?
Think carefully.


The lead; it is less bouyant in air.

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