• @jordanlund
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    7811 months ago

    “cow that was tossed 30m up in the air”

    How hard do you have to hit a cow to knock it 30m into the air?

    • @WhiskyTangoFoxtrot
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      2311 months ago

      First assume a spherical cow in a frictionless vacuum…

    • @[email protected]
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      1311 months ago

      Trains have a fuck ton of momentum, and this was an express train. It likely also had a cattle guard on the front which could explain the air it got.

    • @souperk
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      1111 months ago

      It’s like it was hit by a train!

    • @[email protected]
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      511 months ago

      The average train in India is 24 coaches long, plus a loco and a guard van. Let’s say the loco is 100 tonnes and the coaches and van are 20 tonnes each. That’s 600 tonnes moving at around 100 km/hr. I can totally believe the cow flying that high.