claim_arguably@lemdro.id to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoWhat's a scientific fact that sounds made up but is 100% real?message-squaremessage-square251linkfedilinkarrow-up1188arrow-down15
arrow-up1183arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a scientific fact that sounds made up but is 100% real?claim_arguably@lemdro.id to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square251linkfedilink
minus-squareReverendIrreverence@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 days ago98.62% of the uranium-235 in the Little Boy bomb was blown apart before fission. That leaves 1.38% that actually fissioned. That was 0.7 grams of U-235, about the size of a bb and the weight of a butterfly that destroyed Hiroshima.
98.62% of the uranium-235 in the Little Boy bomb was blown apart before fission. That leaves 1.38% that actually fissioned. That was 0.7 grams of U-235, about the size of a bb and the weight of a butterfly that destroyed Hiroshima.