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Definitely, I've had a mosquito hit me while flying and you can actually feel it hit your skin.
by dandellion 7mo ago
Definitely, I've had a mosquito hit me while flying and you can actually feel it hit your skin.
- adonovan 7mo agoThe subject of this story is a single proton that you would definitely feel if it hit you: https://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/OhMyGodParticle/ https://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/OhMyGodParticle/
- jona-f 7mo agoI don't think that is the case. The kinetic energy of these super-energetic particles is often compared to a tennis ball. But that energy isn't released at once, so even if it would interact with yourself, that interaction creates a particle shower that takes most of the energy with it. I don't think we can feel one of our atoms getting violently ripped apart.
- cobbzilla 7mo agoThere’s Anatoli Bugorski [1] who accidentally put his head into the path of a high energy proton beam. The injury resembled nothing like being hit by tennis balls. > He reportedly saw a flash "brighter than a thousand suns" but did not feel any pain. He’s still alive today, age 83. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoli_Bugorski https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoli_Bugorski
- mastermage 7mo agoOh my god i never read this thats so cool
- dostick 7mo agoWhich kind of mosquito? European or Asian?