The Scimitar Is Not Precision, Right?

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The broom fold was meant to be used against soldiers or knights in chain-mail armor. So therefore, the scimitar's not going to poke a hole through the metal. If I can't cut through the armor, I'll just break your arm. The second edge reduces the ability of the first edge. It's a trade-off between one side and the other. This is sports edition though so we can put a sports spin on it. Chuck and Gary, you got the questions, but bring it on.

What if the laws of physics were different? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly answer grab bag questions with astrophysicist Charles Liu about alien heists, gravity, and space exploration.

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Photo Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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