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You'll always weigh LESS in parts of Canada than anywhere else in the world – and the reason why will blow your mind
2023-05-16
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] And where is the Bermuda triangle?
  • If you weigh 150 lbs, near Hudson Bay, the scale would read about 149.994 lb

  • This is due to a 'crustal deformation during the last ice age', physicists say
Crustal deformation? Take a shower, geez
Posted by:Skidmark

#6  It's not so much as weight less, as it is being bloated. Gas causes lift.
Posted by: ed in texas   2023-05-16 15:52  

#5  I weigh more at my doctor's office than I do at home.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2023-05-16 15:27  

#4  ..the difference, equivalent to the weight of 1500 fruit fly eggs...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-05-16 13:32  

#3  I swear my weight routine points to gravity becoming stronger as I have aged.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2023-05-16 12:52  

#2  Uhh? OK!?
"Science news you can't use."
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2023-05-16 10:54  

#1  IIRC, gravity varies with the distance from the earth's core, and the density of the material in between.
Posted by: Bobby   2023-05-16 05:38  

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