How to Fall from ANY HEIGHT and Survive

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  • Some creatures can theoretically survive a fall from ANY height. How? Kyle explains the science of fall damage.
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  • @becausescience
    @becausescience  Před 4 lety +624

    Thanks for watching, Super Nerds! Had fun with this one. See you in Footnotes -- kH

    • @nero8699
      @nero8699 Před 4 lety +2

      Because Science Hi

    • @tallestward7618
      @tallestward7618 Před 4 lety +4

      I'm generally uneducated in this field but, I've had a theory for a long time that if you were to change the angle of your body during the fall that you could possibly gain height and "Miraculously" soften your fall. Do you think that this would be possible without something like a wing suit?

    • @davidstrickland1850
      @davidstrickland1850 Před 4 lety +6

      You know Kyle, I came here for a possibly reduction of my anxiety of skydiving with my cousin and thought you could help. It didn't. Very interesting listen though xD

    • @ryans8113
      @ryans8113 Před 4 lety +3

      I'll see you but nobody will see me 😭

    • @Will-rv3tf
      @Will-rv3tf Před 4 lety +4

      Sooo... Got to ask, not because I'm evil or anything, but can you do an episode on giant cannons like the ones from halo or ace combat.(could we make them irl and how, what effects would our atmosphere have on their range and trajectories, how we would aim a giant cannon and how far could we fire a shell on earth or could we launch a shell into space).
      Again, not evil.
      Thanks 😀

  • @jorgecarrillo5710
    @jorgecarrillo5710 Před 4 lety +2023

    “If you were to fall from what you humans call space” so not only are you a supervillan, you’re an alien as well.

  • @duchi882
    @duchi882 Před 4 lety +888

    *How to Fall from ANY Height and Survive:*
    1. Water Bucket

  • @somerandomperson6096
    @somerandomperson6096 Před 4 lety +348

    “You humans call space” this explains why he is so smart

  • @berrybeard4259
    @berrybeard4259 Před 4 lety +736

    "90% of cats survived the fall from terminal velocity"
    So... who tf was throwing cats around from high places?

  • @sherrytaylor9746
    @sherrytaylor9746 Před 4 lety +298

    *"How to survive a fall from any height"*
    *cartoon logic:* Don't look down

    • @TheodoreMinick
      @TheodoreMinick Před 4 lety +8

      Does not falling count as surviving the fall, though?

    • @MonkeyJedi99
      @MonkeyJedi99 Před 4 lety +9

      Or set the air brakes.

    • @sherrytaylor9746
      @sherrytaylor9746 Před 4 lety +2

      @@TheodoreMinick yes

    • @reformedorthodoxmunmanquara
      @reformedorthodoxmunmanquara Před 4 lety +5

      If you do look down, DO NOT look back up at the cameta

    • @trueaidooo
      @trueaidooo Před 4 lety +3

      @@reformedorthodoxmunmanquara And if you do DO NOT lift up a sign with something comedic and related to your fall on it

  • @a-blivvy-yus
    @a-blivvy-yus Před 4 lety +347

    "How to be immune to fall damage - be very, very small"
    Hobbit fall damage reduction confirmed?

    • @lynx_8576
      @lynx_8576 Před 4 lety +4

      blivvy i thought they patched that 🤔

    • @lukealvarez8359
      @lukealvarez8359 Před 4 lety +1

      I want fall damage immunity I would jump out of hundreds of planes by now

    • @plzletmebefrank
      @plzletmebefrank Před 4 lety +3

      But isn't it the elves that have that ability?

    • @kapythebara5089
      @kapythebara5089 Před rokem +2

      before u create the game. go into settings and turn off fall damage

    • @a-blivvy-yus
      @a-blivvy-yus Před rokem

      @@kapythebara5089 Sometimes, when someone replies to a message I posted 2 years ago, I see the reply and wonder why they bothered.
      ...this is not one of those times. Thank you! It feels like that answer was long overdue...

  • @hybridepsilon2099
    @hybridepsilon2099 Před 4 lety +133

    5:19 “i know i’m asking you to do math out of nowhere and you might be RUSTY”
    bold of you to assume i was ever even good at math in the first place

  • @aggressivli
    @aggressivli Před 4 lety +185

    I thought about this as a kid a lot. I always asked myself how I could kill an ant by tossing it out of a plane.
    After a while I came to the conclusion, that it has to be about the size and weight that it always survived.
    My solution to this problem? Bundle thousands of ants to a human shaped package and toss this out of a plane.
    Man, as a kid I would have been a good apprentice in Kyles super villain crew.

    • @sanjaymatsuda4504
      @sanjaymatsuda4504 Před rokem +14

      "Perhaps he's wondering why someone would shoot an ant, before throwing it out of a plane."

    • @lawrence8871
      @lawrence8871 Před rokem +5

      Isn't there a character from Rick & Morty that's basically that XD

    • @arcynull
      @arcynull Před rokem +4

      @@lawrence8871 Million ants

    • @MrGamelover23
      @MrGamelover23 Před rokem

      @@lawrence8871 ants in my eyes Johnson?

    • @zakosist
      @zakosist Před rokem +1

      I think the ant would die from the cold

  • @ExtremeMadnessX
    @ExtremeMadnessX Před 4 lety +526

    "I have been falling for 30 minutes!"

  • @WowKamui
    @WowKamui Před 4 lety +342

    To quote the Expanse, a character asked another "If I was to slip off, how long would I fall for?" The response was "The rest of your life"

    • @nickleo7586
      @nickleo7586 Před 4 lety +13

      That sounds like Holden and Miller talking lol

    • @tiacho2893
      @tiacho2893 Před 4 lety +11

      Stable orbit is basically perpetual "falling".

    • @nickleo7586
      @nickleo7586 Před 4 lety +6

      @@tiacho2893 Isaac Newton originally called orbit "continuous free fall"

    • @tiacho2893
      @tiacho2893 Před 4 lety +10

      @@nickleo7586 When you look at it, it makes sense. But your average person just accepts it with out understanding it.
      Kinda like "flat Earthers" that use technology that requires satellites, like GPS. But will still argue that the Earth is flat and it is all a conspiracy by the dark forces of "spherical Earthers".
      Edit: or more precisely "oblate spheroid Earthers".

    • @ronenshtein7083
      @ronenshtein7083 Před 4 lety +1

      @@nickleo7586 "orbit", "free fall" and "geodesic" are all the same thing - when only gravity / space-time curvature directs your motion. On our moon, or any body devoid of atmosphere, simply jumping up would be free fall. A falling body is essentially in a ballistic orbits (i.e. the periapsis is within the orbited body), and without atmosphere would also be free fall.

  • @rudymiskelly6486
    @rudymiskelly6486 Před 4 lety +295

    Idk why everyone's so surprised by the "what you humans call space" line.
    It's common knowledge that Thor is not human.

    • @1DJ_416
      @1DJ_416 Před 4 lety +5

      Rudy Miskelly 😂😂 This is underrated. Hopefully it gets its attention soon. Lol😂🤣😂🤣

    • @darthgorthaur258
      @darthgorthaur258 Před 4 lety +5

      Good point sir...good point indeed...
      Most of us have clearly forgotten he only does this at the weekends while spending the week doing Thor stuff...

    • @rudymiskelly6486
      @rudymiskelly6486 Před 4 lety +3

      @@darthgorthaur258 😂

    • @zachkelly89
      @zachkelly89 Před 3 lety +1

      He looks 90 pounds and nothing like Thor I don’t get it

  • @reaper4812
    @reaper4812 Před 4 lety +29

    I can't believe they actually threw Kyle out of a plane without a parachute for the initial bit. Such dedication on his part.

  • @Lowkeylie
    @Lowkeylie Před 4 lety +198

    2:33
    “You humans”
    ...
    “ *YOU* humans”
    Kyle is aspiring alien overlord confirmed.

  • @mrp1l0t32
    @mrp1l0t32 Před 4 lety +239

    Human character: How are we going to get down there?
    Ant character: LEEROOOOooooooooooo……………………...

  • @VividBoricua
    @VividBoricua Před 4 lety +77

    "How long have we been falling?!"
    "I don't know, my watch doesn't tell time!"

  • @rudymiskelly6486
    @rudymiskelly6486 Před 4 lety +27

    Finally, Thor's telling us how he never dies from falls!

  • @littlemrpinkness295
    @littlemrpinkness295 Před 4 lety +623

    "The edge of what you humans call space..."
    Is he... I can't say it... NOT a human?

    • @chechakkimnorbirth3777
      @chechakkimnorbirth3777 Před 4 lety +86

      Of course he's not human he's asguardian

    • @daikansanchez7674
      @daikansanchez7674 Před 4 lety +25

      Or a witcher (mutant).

    • @paramortalics
      @paramortalics Před 4 lety +4

      He's a man not a god! He's a man not a god! He's a man not a god!

    • @SaberusTerras
      @SaberusTerras Před 4 lety +22

      He's been alone in the void for a long time. That kind of isolation messes with your head after a while.

    • @kovaxim
      @kovaxim Před 4 lety +11

      You think we mortal humans can achieve such beautiful and flowing hair and muscles? I mean, have you even taken a better look at this Kyle? He says his name is Kyle, but I think that's just how his species refer to themselves, "Hi, I'm a Kyle." "What? You mean you are Kyle, not you are a Kyle. Heh, funny Kyle." you know?
      Also, that explains his villainy actions, that is what they do on his home planet or world. They are sort of like Saiyans. Omg Kyle can become a super saiyan! Where is Krillin btw?

  • @NightlyDaymare13
    @NightlyDaymare13 Před 4 lety +183

    "Having an irregular shape"
    *looks at body*
    I'll be fine then.

  • @rudymiskelly6486
    @rudymiskelly6486 Před 4 lety +185

    Me: *Falls out of plane*
    Also me: *watches this vid on the way down*
    Also also me: *realises Kyle never tells you how to survive a fall if your human*
    Me: NOW LISTEN HERE YOU LITTLE PIECE OF SH*T
    *splat*

  • @juromaru777
    @juromaru777 Před 4 lety +6

    I love this channel. Charismatic character and good topics. Perfect mix for entertainment.

  • @Lucky_360
    @Lucky_360 Před 4 lety +116

    Motion to change the phrase “raining like cats and dogs” to “raining like horses and whales”

  • @benwilliams9051
    @benwilliams9051 Před 4 lety +182

    This man made me watch all the way through to realize that he wasn’t talking aboit humans surviving

    • @Casedilla73
      @Casedilla73 Před 3 lety +10

      Well he was. He said that puny hoomans could fall and somewhat survive if they hit trees or snow to help break up and spread out the impact of the fall.

    • @benwilliams9051
      @benwilliams9051 Před 3 lety +1

      What’s the Catch? Still tho

    • @RobeonMew
      @RobeonMew Před rokem

      He's not even a real nerd. He explained before they fired him, he's actually reclusive and needs to hype up to act like this.
      Least he was honest

  • @figo1699
    @figo1699 Před 4 lety +11

    8:39 I love how Kyle says that with a smile on the face 🤣

  • @rossthebesiegebuilder3563
    @rossthebesiegebuilder3563 Před 4 lety +23

    4:38 That second equation looks like it says "pizza."

  • @aliushali6352
    @aliushali6352 Před 4 lety +158

    “what you humans call space” -Kyle Hill , is this some reptilian joke that i'm too human to understand?

  • @Lowkeylie
    @Lowkeylie Před 4 lety +167

    How to fall from any height and survive:
    Step 1: Be small
    Step 2: That’s it

    • @yargolocus4853
      @yargolocus4853 Před 4 lety +16

      I clicked on the video expecting to find techniques on how I could survive a fall (not urgent). This is just a guide on what will.

    • @reaperreaper4606
      @reaperreaper4606 Před 4 lety +2

      Ah, so just need the Ant-Man's suit for that.

    • @axeldornelles5292
      @axeldornelles5292 Před 4 lety +2

      Not really, you would need low weight as well.

    • @sou1daddy503
      @sou1daddy503 Před 4 lety +4

      I remember this being on a previous episode of Because Science... If Antman maintained his full-size human mass while shrunk to the size of an ant, his terminal velocity would be something like Mach 77!

    • @Yora21
      @Yora21 Před 4 lety +1

      Step 1, alternative b: Have more surface area.

  • @freshmintbubblegum3831

    I love this channel)) The flow, the background music, the narratives, the visual - all is simply perfect)

  • @domanickcastro9851
    @domanickcastro9851 Před 4 lety +13

    "What you humans call space"
    We all knew he was asgardian

  • @benjaminj4535
    @benjaminj4535 Před 4 lety +200

    This video could be a one or two second clip of Kyle saying “parachute”

    • @thalastianjorus
      @thalastianjorus Před 2 lety +3

      People can, and do, die while wearing a parachute when they land wrong. Just being nitpicky.

    • @clydoscope5841
      @clydoscope5841 Před rokem +2

      @@thalastianjorus also ejecting the parachute too high

  • @hunterbusbee1223
    @hunterbusbee1223 Před 4 lety +179

    So when it’s raining “cats and dogs” it’s just a bunch of dogs exploding into goo and cats mostly walking off.

    • @Kartoffelkamm
      @Kartoffelkamm Před 4 lety +42

      Ok, now I´m interested to know how long it´ll take before dogs start surviving because their impact is cushioned by the dogs that didn´t make it.

    • @erbgorre
      @erbgorre Před 4 lety +34

      @@Kartoffelkamm went real dark, real fast
      as an adendum, with it raining cats and dogs at the same time, the falling dogs impacts would probably also crush the surviving cats unless they somehow managed to get out of the open and into cover immediately after they landed.

    • @philipseitz95
      @philipseitz95 Před 4 lety +1

      This is hilarious

    • @CthulhuTheory
      @CthulhuTheory Před 4 lety +9

      No, the dogs wouldn’t explode... they’d make wet slapping and cracking noises similar to the burger rain in Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs.
      Because science!

    • @mareczek00713
      @mareczek00713 Před 4 lety

      @@Kartoffelkamm Lemme guess - you're German/Austrian?

  • @lilitch123
    @lilitch123 Před 4 lety +1

    This is great man. Keep the great work. This stuff is lit af !!!

  • @SeRgEaNt_RaNdOm
    @SeRgEaNt_RaNdOm Před 4 lety +17

    Kyle: AAAHHH I'M FALLING! Gimme a sec I'm just gonna tie my hair back.

  • @yblocsemajnosfatsug5929
    @yblocsemajnosfatsug5929 Před 4 lety +151

    2:36 “what you humans call space” -Kyle Hill. Kyle what are you hiding?

    • @purramedicintraining2878
      @purramedicintraining2878 Před 4 lety +3

      Ybloc Semaj Nosfatsug sounds like something a supervillain would say....😑

    • @kanishksharma4783
      @kanishksharma4783 Před 4 lety +11

      He is an Asgardian. Don't you know?

    • @cz1822
      @cz1822 Před 4 lety +5

      Kyle’s an alien. I thought this had been established already?

    • @dontbotherreading
      @dontbotherreading Před 4 lety

      DeezNutz, Ha got em, had to bring it back you left me no choice

  • @greendude0420
    @greendude0420 Před 4 lety +215

    Skyrim mountains be like:
    “Im about to end this mans whole career”

    • @JW-hh4qg
      @JW-hh4qg Před 4 lety +8

      Unless you're on a horse, then you good

    • @Morbak546
      @Morbak546 Před 4 lety +1

      FEIM

    • @jasonlynch282
      @jasonlynch282 Před 4 lety +2

      Got to download the falling horse explode mod.

    • @yahiaaymankamaly3518
      @yahiaaymankamaly3518 Před 4 lety

      *does restoration loop and survives any fall because of 10 million hp*

    • @Disturbed1Smurf
      @Disturbed1Smurf Před 3 lety

      Drink a potion of paralysis otw down. You're immune to fall damage while paralyzed in skyrim

  • @theworldsays4264
    @theworldsays4264 Před 4 lety

    The pauses are great, keep it up man.

  • @spikegaming7103
    @spikegaming7103 Před 4 lety +5

    Kyle falling over and over again:
    Its raining men! Hallelujah, its raining men!

  • @Lukiel666
    @Lukiel666 Před 4 lety +28

    Yes a whale will die from a fall from height. As will a bowl of petunias falling alongside it.
    "Oh no, not again."

    • @AlexssandroMeneses
      @AlexssandroMeneses Před 4 lety +1

      " I understood that reference!"😅

    • @erinkarp6317
      @erinkarp6317 Před 4 lety +3

      Perhaps if we understood why the bowl of petunias was thinking that, we would understand a lot more about the universe.

  • @jackschroeter2536
    @jackschroeter2536 Před 4 lety +63

    The looped Mini Falling Kyle is now successfully my laptops loading screen

  • @julickowashere
    @julickowashere Před 4 lety

    That quiz is awesome. I suddenly missed being in school. Keep up the good work Kyle! More quizzes lol

  • @HanstheBoss1
    @HanstheBoss1 Před 3 lety +1

    yes I have found you again I lost my old channel it’s great to see you doing amazing on your channel

  • @aufowithwificoverage3328
    @aufowithwificoverage3328 Před 4 lety +112

    “You humans.”
    Well done, they won’t suspect our *hide among them plan*.

    • @SpencerTheOnlyOne
      @SpencerTheOnlyOne Před 4 lety +3

      A UFO with WiFi coverage yo can I use ur WiFi hotspot pls

    • @johnuthus
      @johnuthus Před 4 lety +3

      Yo I need a hot spot

    • @I86282
      @I86282 Před 4 lety +2

      LOL. I am often suspected of extraterrestrial origin.
      Because I often refer to people as humans. Not that I am not a human.
      I just identify differently from the majority of humanity. I think maybe it's because I see humanity as being the most wild, untamed and dangerous of all beasts.

  • @geiroveeilertsen7112
    @geiroveeilertsen7112 Před 4 lety +185

    "You'll want to maximize drag..."
    So RuPaul can basically skydive without a parachute? 😇

    • @PoochyMishaps
      @PoochyMishaps Před 4 lety +23

      Hypothesis found,
      Testing needed.

    • @skylx0812
      @skylx0812 Před 4 lety +4

      Falling from exteme hights rips the clothes off of people. False eyelashes and high heels should survive but if he himself doesn't land on a surprised lumberjack then all you'll have is a naked man sized hole in the ground.

    • @laiskapyykki
      @laiskapyykki Před 4 lety +10

      @@skylx0812 err. No. He could put a very sexy dress on with a lot of fabric and some cind of winged boots and super durable eyelashes to maximise drag!

    • @Dikwili
      @Dikwili Před 4 lety +5

      laiskapyykki because science

    • @kevinzheng7373
      @kevinzheng7373 Před 4 lety +1

      Yes, but only once

  • @candidkalabasa
    @candidkalabasa Před 4 lety +7

    Hi, Kyle! Great show! This is my first time commenting.
    Just want to correct that falling cats don't spread their legs to increase their surface area and increase their drag. They do it to turn their bodies around as part of their righting reflex so they land on their paws. Because of the conservation of angular momentum, the cats' spread out legs allow it to rotate its body just like the way an ice skater spins faster or slower if its arms are tucked in or spread out. But don't drop your cats to experiment on this! 🐱
    Thanks and more power to your show!

  • @Fariiis
    @Fariiis Před 4 lety

    The amount of respect i have for this channel for only putting 1 ad. 👍🏻

  • @valestiaaa
    @valestiaaa Před 4 lety +174

    Im gonna try this and tell you guys if a survived or not

  • @Rourker
    @Rourker Před 4 lety +57

    "hello ground!" - whale

    • @walkinmn
      @walkinmn Před 4 lety +10

      "Oh no, not again" - Pot of petunias

    • @BotJockey
      @BotJockey Před 4 lety +5

      “Oh no, not again.” - bowl of petunias

    • @erbgorre
      @erbgorre Před 4 lety +3

      @@BotJockey if only we knew why it was thinking that, tho -.-

    • @AthAthanasius
      @AthAthanasius Před 4 lety +3

      ITYM "I wonder if we'll be friends?".

    • @OzAndyify
      @OzAndyify Před 4 lety +4

      "What should I call it? It's so big and flat and round...ground! That's it. Ground! I wonder if it will be friends with me?"

  • @mattdegutis7281
    @mattdegutis7281 Před 4 lety +1

    My favorite episode this year! Nay, decade! I laughed so many times. Also, the science was good.

  • @Lobo0011
    @Lobo0011 Před 4 lety

    I swear I love this channel

  • @icetrainfire
    @icetrainfire Před 4 lety +26

    Since air is giving everything that falls trillions of little slaps. How far up do you have drop a raw chicken to cook it?

    • @khaibutton
      @khaibutton Před 4 lety +4

      Randall Munroe (Xkcd, WhatIf) calculated this for a steak! If you like your steaks Pittsburgh rare and don't mind defrosting it once it lands, you COULD POTENTIALLY cook a steak by dropping it from the edge of space: what-if.xkcd.com/28/

    • @kyleziggy3203
      @kyleziggy3203 Před 4 lety

      Humans have fallen from ad much as 20k feet, survived, and certainly not been cooked so the answer madu be simply no.

  • @timmersd.8663
    @timmersd.8663 Před 4 lety +12

    "...I said creature"
    *adds boobies*
    a mammal, it seems.

  • @tokujinsicura9507
    @tokujinsicura9507 Před 4 lety

    I think it's really cool that you gave us the pieces to solve the equation, let us do it, then gave us the answer. I felt like it helped me understand the information that much clearer.

  • @tmac2744
    @tmac2744 Před 4 lety +238

    "You humans..."?
    Is there something we need to know, Kyle?

  • @ericwheeler1957
    @ericwheeler1957 Před 4 lety +83

    I remember watching many of these experiments in my studies, most often conducted by a Professor Wile E. Coyote, Supergenius.
    I believe he's world renowned for many of his... groundbreaking experiments.

    • @clockworkkirlia7475
      @clockworkkirlia7475 Před 4 lety +1

      Aahahaha ohh that was a proper laugh with that final punchline.

  • @Disrespectin21
    @Disrespectin21 Před 4 lety

    One of the best hosts haha. So entertaining

  • @Joeyonax
    @Joeyonax Před 4 lety

    I haven't watched in a while but I just wanted to say that I appreciate the effort you put into these videos. They played a strong part in getting my little brother interested in science and for that I cant thank you enough.

  • @mattdumbrill8324
    @mattdumbrill8324 Před 4 lety +39

    Is there an irony watching this video at 2am on the day for an Aerospace Engineering exam?

    • @clockworkkirlia7475
      @clockworkkirlia7475 Před 4 lety +2

      Best of luck! I hope it went well!

    • @mattdumbrill8324
      @mattdumbrill8324 Před 4 lety +1

      @@clockworkkirlia7475 we will see.

    • @yuriysukhorukov391
      @yuriysukhorukov391 Před 4 lety +1

      Wish I had an Aerospace Engineering or Intro to Aerodynamics minor in my Uni
      But we have crapy business instead :((
      Hope your exam went well!

    • @april5054
      @april5054 Před 4 lety +3

      Whether or not you've studied, the _best_ thing you can do the night before an exam is get a good sleep. If you haven't studied you can still review your notes in the morning, but if you stayed up late the night before and studied, when you're tired in the morning you won't remember anything.

  • @evangelakillian4273
    @evangelakillian4273 Před 4 lety +30

    Bless this guy
    Teachers in my school never taught us what Δ is

    • @UnlimitedGreenWorks
      @UnlimitedGreenWorks Před 4 lety +2

      What the ducks is that?

    • @AthAthanasius
      @AthAthanasius Před 4 lety +2

      Technically Kyle's 't' should have been 'Δt' as well.

    • @UnlimitedGreenWorks
      @UnlimitedGreenWorks Před 4 lety

      @@AthAthanasius that doesnt answer my question on what that duck it is mister?

    • @matteoraineri8136
      @matteoraineri8136 Před 4 lety

      @@UnlimitedGreenWorks It's a magic symbol
      An equation will not reveal it's solution if you don't use it

    • @2dheethbar
      @2dheethbar Před 4 lety

      @@matteoraineri8136 Using something you don't understand is like trying to play Poker without knowing the winning hands.

  • @katsumiskytower8714
    @katsumiskytower8714 Před 4 lety

    I got Bill Nye vibes from this episode real hard! great job!

  • @sciencewizard8805
    @sciencewizard8805 Před 4 lety

    The music for these videos you do is awesome

  • @01oo011
    @01oo011 Před 4 lety +59

    2:35 “you humans”
    Hmmm... sounds suspicious....

  • @kevinj9059
    @kevinj9059 Před 4 lety +13

    Hey Kyle, love the show! This has always been my favorite "falling bodies" quote:
    "You can drop a mouse down a thousand-yard mine shaft and, on arriving at the bottom, it gets a slight shock and walks away. A rat is killed, a man is broken, a horse splashes."
    - J.B.S. Haldane, biologist

  • @robertsantiago3102
    @robertsantiago3102 Před 4 lety

    Favorite science show ever... Bar none. Kyle is funny as can be. We need shows on T.V. like this.

  • @madnessacolyte9823
    @madnessacolyte9823 Před 4 lety

    You are so right, IT feels good to come to the right answer aaand i have been realy to rusty to re form your equasion on my own

  • @ajconti7362
    @ajconti7362 Před 4 lety +20

    "How to survive any fall" (oh boy Kyle found and turned off fall damage in the earth.exe sim we're all in)

  • @poweroffriendship2.0
    @poweroffriendship2.0 Před 4 lety +179

    _HOW TO FALL FROM _*_ANY_*_ HEIGHTS AND SURVIVE?_
    *Me, as an intellectual:* _"I believe I can fly... I believe I can touch the sky."_

    • @jackielinde7568
      @jackielinde7568 Před 4 lety +4

      And you missed the song "Free Falling".

    • @silverstar4505
      @silverstar4505 Před 4 lety +4

      You're already touching the sky, you don't need to fly for that

    • @jackielinde7568
      @jackielinde7568 Před 4 lety +1

      @@silverstar4505 It's a song lyric from a song by the same name. I can't remember who originally sang the song, since all I'm getting is R Kelly and I seem to remember the song being much older than that.
      By the way: Erev Tov.

    • @fatalfury66
      @fatalfury66 Před 4 lety +1

      @@jackielinde7568 it's the Reading Rainbow song

    • @talesin13
      @talesin13 Před 4 lety +1

      czcams.com/video/IzfockTg57g/video.html

  • @Slamphist
    @Slamphist Před 4 lety

    I'm kind of a grammar... stickler. I have been campaigning against the misuse of less vs fewer for some years. Just want to put it out there that your use of less was correct and that warmed my cockles. Love the show BTW

  • @KaterchenSama
    @KaterchenSama Před rokem

    Very good explanation :)

  • @johnuthus
    @johnuthus Před 4 lety +12

    "We're going to make a tier list on what will survive and what will explode on impact"
    Tier zoo yelling in the background

  • @lifeofentropy
    @lifeofentropy Před 4 lety +46

    Hey Kyle, I just wanted to say that you've gotten me into Magic and my wallet hates you for it.

    • @jackielinde7568
      @jackielinde7568 Před 4 lety +8

      You should try D&D. Less things to buy, and you can share them... but they cost more. Trust me, I'm a Dungeon Master. (Yeah, my wallet hates me any time I go NEAR a game store. You just can't have too many dice.)

    • @lifeofentropy
      @lifeofentropy Před 4 lety +5

      @@jackielinde7568 i've played D&D once. Ihave a friend whos very into it. He just lives pretty far away but I'll see if i can find some people closer to play with thanks.

    • @TheodoreMinick
      @TheodoreMinick Před 4 lety +6

      @@lifeofentropy
      There's plenty of virtual tabletops out there, too. See if your friend knows anyone who wants to play, and you can get on one of those. Not as good as in-person, but it gets the job done.

    • @jackielinde7568
      @jackielinde7568 Před 4 lety +4

      @@lifeofentropy Hey, there's always Discord, Roll20.net, or Skype to reconnect with those far away friends. ;) But yeah, any day you get to role play is a good day.

    • @Twosocks42
      @Twosocks42 Před 4 lety +4

      Try out Arena. It's free to play Magic and you can do it from home in your pajamas. You have to do a bit of grinding to get your collection to a decent size through free-play, but even if you do choose to invest a bit of cash to get you started, you get way more bang for your buck than paper.
      Paper magic is fun of course (I enjoy the social aspect of it), but Arena is much more budget friendly if your wallet needs a breather.

  • @randomjunk1998
    @randomjunk1998 Před 3 lety

    @BecauseScience
    Thanks to you I watched this while doing my physics terminal velocity HW and got the right answers helped a ton

  • @DarkDestinybyC
    @DarkDestinybyC Před 4 lety +3

    5:51 yessss got b
    I remember that formula from flight school, where the lift force is the same but instead of the friction coefficient there is the lift coeficient(pretty much the same thing btw because it is based on the shape of the wing)
    Damn, i feel smart :))

    • @tevapetiteau5729
      @tevapetiteau5729 Před 4 lety

      Hey I keep finding 54m/s and not 55m/s
      Do you thinks you can help me?

    • @DarkDestinybyC
      @DarkDestinybyC Před 4 lety

      @@tevapetiteau5729 did you do the math without a calculator?
      You just fill in the formula all the known data including g=9.8m/s

    • @tevapetiteau5729
      @tevapetiteau5729 Před 4 lety

      @@DarkDestinybyC Thank you and sorry to have bothered you, I managed to find my mistake.

    • @DarkDestinybyC
      @DarkDestinybyC Před 4 lety

      @@tevapetiteau5729 np

  • @Gorvahog
    @Gorvahog Před 4 lety +68

    "and I'm not just talking about your twitter timeline"
    I feel personally attacked

  • @samuelrodriguez8613
    @samuelrodriguez8613 Před 4 lety +142

    Me: **falling**
    Also me: *an intellectual* “hol’ up, lemme just shrink”
    *Survives because I watched Because Science*

    • @trueaidooo
      @trueaidooo Před 4 lety +6

      *accidentally shrinks without changing mass*

    • @NickCev
      @NickCev Před 4 lety

      Well if you had the initial velocity of a large person, you’d slowly slow down to the proper terminal velocity of the smaller you; however, if you didn’t have enough fall time, it would be the equivalent of being yeeted towards the ground.

    • @kieronmckay4276
      @kieronmckay4276 Před 4 lety

      Ant-man's unknown superpower!

    • @theswampus670
      @theswampus670 Před 4 lety +1

      @@kieronmckay4276 technically, Ant-Man's mass is very inconsistent when he shrinks or grows, one of his preferred tactics is to punch with the force of a 180lb man while less than an inch tall even though that should mean that he should cut an ant in half by siting on it.

  • @KiritoKirigayadropthebass

    I love this channel. Binge watched just about every episode so far. Also, I got the quiz right 😂 and I didn't write it down

  • @HOLDENPOPE
    @HOLDENPOPE Před 4 lety +1

    FMA: Force Mass Acceleration and Full Metal Alchemist
    Nice vid Kyle :)

  • @skatersurfersnowboarder3545

    So the Force kills you?
    han: "thats not how the force works!"

  • @kresopavic1289
    @kresopavic1289 Před 4 lety +5

    This was the most Bill Nye-esk video yet, great job Kyle!!

    • @becausescience
      @becausescience  Před 4 lety +2

      Thank you! I actually said that to myself when filming -- something about my cadence... Interesting that you noticed too! -- kH

  • @Euthanasia-rc1pm
    @Euthanasia-rc1pm Před 4 lety

    This was a GREAT video. Physics n Maths can be so much fun if they are taught right.

  • @oak_meadow9533
    @oak_meadow9533 Před rokem

    I love this guy, kyle

  • @acerumble4991
    @acerumble4991 Před 4 lety +26

    "I know this defies the law of gravity, but I never studied law!"
    ~ Bugs Bunny, 1949

  • @Centeolt
    @Centeolt Před 4 lety +14

    "If you are the right size, life is like a video game, and you're immune to fall damage"
    SoulBornes: Why hello there!

  • @Bygkakpolak
    @Bygkakpolak Před 4 lety

    you're a master of your craft.

  • @yusufpolatzorba9072
    @yusufpolatzorba9072 Před 4 lety +24

    "Pause to solve!"
    Is this some stupid joke that I'm too Asian to understand?

    • @oltun
      @oltun Před 4 lety

      you're not asian you're turkish. ne diyon olum turkuz biz, turkler orta asyadan goceli cok oldu

  • @TheMalkavianmadman
    @TheMalkavianmadman Před 4 lety +21

    Gravity is OP please nerf.
    Also love the show.

  • @Sam-fq3bt
    @Sam-fq3bt Před 4 lety +17

    Fun fact: a TI-84 had about 5 times the memory of the computer on the Apollo 11 mission

    • @semperfi-1918
      @semperfi-1918 Před 4 lety

      I had one for school..... never got used to using it.

    • @a-blivvy-yus
      @a-blivvy-yus Před 4 lety +2

      ​@@semperfi-1918 You had an Apollo 11 mission computer?
      ...wait never mind that was way easier to use than a Ti-84.

  • @NaudVanDalen
    @NaudVanDalen Před 4 lety +6

    "If you are the right size, life is like a video game, and you're immune to fall damage"
    Most 3D games: "Am I a joke to you?"

    • @chad5115
      @chad5115 Před 4 lety

      Titanfall, apex legends: *AM I A JOKE TO YOU?*

    • @Rockethead293
      @Rockethead293 Před 3 lety

      Minecraft: Well, you gotta be in creative mode.

  • @naointeressa2251
    @naointeressa2251 Před 4 lety +1

    U can build a floating cat just binding a bread with butter on his back.

  • @angelibrahim9458
    @angelibrahim9458 Před 4 lety +122

    ".... And for you to do.... Right now."
    Me: I'm sorry _what_

    • @Cooky_McGee
      @Cooky_McGee Před 4 lety +1

      Come again ni🅿🅿a?

    • @Lucky10279
      @Lucky10279 Před 4 lety +1

      More like "for my calculator to do right now!" No way am I doing that by hand. The arithmetic wouldn't be so bad, but no way am I trying to find sqrt(2880) without a calculator/computer.

    • @griffvth
      @griffvth Před 4 lety +1

      I got it right first time 👨‍🎓

    • @angelibrahim9458
      @angelibrahim9458 Před 4 lety

      @@griffvth I wish I had your brains my dear CZcams Commenter

    • @griffvth
      @griffvth Před 4 lety

      Yes because I didn't guess.😉

  • @thornajal1045
    @thornajal1045 Před 4 lety +18

    "You humans" kyle is an alien with amazing hair confirmed.

    • @Rob_Thorsman
      @Rob_Thorsman Před 4 lety +4

      Clearly an Asgardian.

    • @toshirokardevaand2772
      @toshirokardevaand2772 Před 4 lety

      @@Rob_Thorsman Have you ever seen an Asgardian?
      No, he's clearly a reptilian! They are more of the right shape and have camo abilities.

  • @QJ_BLCK.GHOSTwashere
    @QJ_BLCK.GHOSTwashere Před 9 měsíci +1

    was watching this vid while falling off a cliff thanks it helped

  • @Duskraven377
    @Duskraven377 Před 4 lety +1

    Glad he mentioned the peregrine at the end. Coz the best way to survive a fall is to be able to fly

  • @tails89us
    @tails89us Před 4 lety +9

    "you humans" huh? Alien evil villain confirmed.

  • @maxb3248
    @maxb3248 Před 4 lety +7

    The editing in this is great

  • @DanielMonteiroNit
    @DanielMonteiroNit Před 3 lety +1

    7:10 "I'm Free!" - ROTT (the mid 90s FPS)

  • @rockclimbing3844
    @rockclimbing3844 Před 4 lety

    Great video

  • @godricnecro
    @godricnecro Před 4 lety +67

    Kyle: you can test dropping your cat at home.
    Me: Ah, I see you're a man of sharks with laserbeams as well.

    • @FrarmerFrank
      @FrarmerFrank Před 4 lety +6

      Not recommended as if a cat lands the wrong way from inexperience (kitten) of bad alignment they do get hurt
      Recently had kitten die a few days after jumping off a counter about 4 feett but landed on its hea instead of frog paws cause when it jumped its hind legs moment changed its alignment to the ground from pushing off to hard to clear the counter
      Likewise a lot of my rescues has sprained or arthritis from fractures from landing the wrong with one of my elder cats have hurt every leg so he meowed in pain with every step and meowed really loud every time he jumped and landed from his injury arthritis

    • @NinjaBearFilms
      @NinjaBearFilms Před 4 lety +4

      Farmer Frank My brother in law responding to his daughter worrying over a kitten stuck in a tree. He’ll be fine. Have you ever seen a cat skeleton in a tree?

    • @davindamico1759
      @davindamico1759 Před 4 lety +3

      we do not drop our kittehs, we just stroke them and love them

    • @sarahdsparks
      @sarahdsparks Před 4 lety

      Yeah, can this NOT be something we recommend folks test at home “from a height”?

    • @Rockethead293
      @Rockethead293 Před 3 lety

      @@FrarmerFrank :(

  • @RJeremyHoward
    @RJeremyHoward Před 4 lety +47

    The air spreading around you steals your acceleration?
    So you're saying it's a... Velocity Thief...?
    Therefore!
    The Velocity Thief is an Air Bender.

  • @imqwerty5171
    @imqwerty5171 Před rokem

    Top tier content. ❤️

  • @jacquessoudelier
    @jacquessoudelier Před 4 lety +1

    Good video as always. The other day I wondered if the Flash, or someone similarly fast, could survive a fall by changing direction as soon as one foot touched the ground, using that momentum to change direction and reduce or eliminate the damage. Thoughts?