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Just realised that the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’s “throw yourself at the ground and miss”

Literally describes orbital mechanics

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@Aurynn Shaw Another thing Douglas Adams was (maybe accidentally) right about is my favourite fact that scientists afterwards discovered that dolphins do really communicate via their jumps, even giving messages that way to humans.

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