Here are the Randall-provided examples:
M0: The Dallas Cowboys running full-tilt into the side of your neighbour's garage.
M-1: A single football player running into a tree in your yard.
M-2: A cat falling off a dresser.
M-3: A cat knocking your cell phone off your nightstand.
M-4: A penny falling off a dog.
M-5: A key press on an IBM model M keyboard.
M-6: A key press on a lightweight keyboard.
M-7: A single feather fluttering to the ground.
M-8: A grain of fine sand falling onto the pile at the bottom of a tiny hourglass.
M-15: A drifting mote of dust coming to rest on a table.
For the accompanying drawings and much more sciencey goodness, buy the book.
And I disagree with it. It's clearly a physics question. The kind of "What if?" that Randall Munroe likes to answer and that are a lot of fun to read (if you consider physics fun).
I just wish I had enough context to understand the parameters of the question.
Also the meaning of your followup comment: > Also fun fact: You can have glyph of warding in-between the pages of a book, so if you have enough time, you can 1 shot basically anything in dnd.
Kids are definitely still reading! As YoungAdult_ mentions, they might not be engaged with the assigned readings; however, I would argue that's always been the case for some students. On the other hand, I've found during the last couple years that fewer students (particularly the boys) are reading magazines and comic books, but instead are becoming increasingly interested in books like this. Still, this is only my experience and certainly doesn't apply to all students.
They're all great! I'll link a few of my favorites from the first 25 posts.
What would happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light?
What if a glass of water was, all of a sudden, literally half empty?
What if a rainstorm dropped all of its water in a single giant drop?
Is it possible to build a jetpack using downward firing machine guns?
How long would the Sun last if a giant water hose were focused upon it?
There's also a book. It's great for the bathroom.
>What If?
the creator of xkcd is who made it. https://www.amazon.com/What-Scientific-Hypothetical-Questions-International/dp/0544456866
How do you feel about things that are less long-form writing? "What If?" and "Thing Explainer" are both books of short sciency non-fiction.
"What If?" is essays that examine very silly and extreme ideas (like pitching a baseball at 0.99c) by going into the physics behind what would happen. "Thing Explainer" is explanations of how various things work using only the 1000 most common words in the English language, and is an interesting exercise in circumlocution.
If it is okay with you, I will pass on awarding this question so that another may have a chance to get an award. Thank you.
I think that you would get a great deal of enjoyment out of reading Randall Munroe's book "What If?"
The website that inspired it is here: https://what-if.xkcd.com/
This is a great book that both my data obsessed parents love.
It was yellowish. You can see it in the center. Here is the book on Amazon
I love those. Highly suggest this book What if?
I mean if it stops it starts a chain reaction of global destruction that could possibly mean the destruction of humanity. Find out more in this excellent book I read a few years back. Also, be glad the Earth keeps spinning.
https://www.amazon.com/What-Scientific-Hypothetical-Questions-International/dp/0544456866
What about science? https://www.amazon.com/dp/0544456866/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_PnWuFbKPRV5PS
It seems very redundant for me to ask "what about What if?" So i have just posted the amazon link instead. I am sure you could get it from thrift instead.