How do boats float?
But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids
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The Ocean Is Pretty Big, Right?
Archimedes discovered that when he was bathing in his bathtub, the water level would rise. He could deduce whether a gold crown was real or not by how much it weighed. If you want to carry a boat with those heavy bricks, you'll have to make a much larger boat because then it can sort of displace all of that water.
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