We're in the midst of a long weekend and, if you're anything like me, you're enjoying every second of it by doing absolutely nothing. Why, though, does doing nothing feel so amazing? Here comes the science!
We live in an extraordinary time.
We can send a space ship to Mars and communicate with it as easily as making a phone call or sending a text. We can regrow body parts in a petri dish. The sky is the limit on what we can accomplish. Science is pretty great.
But as great as science is, it still can't explain EVERYTHING.
The moon orbits Earth at about 238,855 miles. The International Space Station orbits Earth at about 260 miles.
That's quite a difference.
So, what would it look like if they switched, and the moon orbited the Earth at 260 miles?
As a male, I have no doubt in my mind that the most painful thing we can go through is getting hit squarely in the junk. But, how does this compare to the most immense pain women go through: Childbirth.
To the wild-eyed booze enthusiast, it is a sometimes-necessary evil to cut 80 proof whiskey with diet soda, to keep that girlish figure without having to throw your balls up over your shoulders and just do shots. Good news, friends -- it's also an efficient way to get tanked.