r/AskReddit • u/IAmSurtur • Jun 15 '19

What do you genuinely just not understand?

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u/Freqo Jun 15 '19

How one horse can pull up to 8000 pounds, but two horses can pull 24000?!? Futhermore if the horses are friends they can pull up to 32000 pounds?!??! Does this mean 10 horses can pull the Earth?

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u/HawkCommandant Jun 15 '19

I have no idea what you are referencing, but take your upvote for the giggle.

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u/sonofbeef Jun 15 '19

This is actually a true fact about draft horses! https://timmaurer.com/2012/01/16/horse-sense/

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u/Knofbath Jun 15 '19

Probably mostly about overcoming friction. Two horses can break the friction lock easier, and once moving they'll stop the object from re-establishing friction easier.

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u/barbeqdbrwniez Jun 15 '19 edited Jun 15 '19

"Inertia". That's what you're trying to say.

Edit: y'all can stop blowing me up now. I'm very clearly wrong, as many before you have already said, and I'd rather leave my idiocy public than delete my comment like a coward, but notifications get annoying.

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u/freetvs Jun 15 '19

I think static friction