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I don’t understand how AC electricity can make an arc. If AC electricity if just electrons oscillating, how are they jumping a gap? And where would they go to anyway if it just jump to a wire?

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How do we know the structure of molecules?

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How to these pictures which show how objects distort spacetime make any sense?

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How did film photos get into old book, newspapers, etc if they didn’t have digital files to store the photos in, how did they print a film negative onto paper?

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How did fish like the Northern Pike (a freshwater fish) spread all across the world? They inhabit lakes and rivers all across Europe, Asia, and North America. How did they then get into lakes with no connection to a river?

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How does the often used model for objects bending space time producing gravity make any sense?

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What is the point of keeping Covid restrictions when vaccination can prevent people from ending up in hospitals?

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How do these models for showing how objects bend spacetime producing gravity make any sense?

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I’m confused about how AC electricity can produce and arc, if the electron in the wire are just oscillating, how do they jump out of a wire?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
I don’t understand how AC electricity can make an arc. If AC electricity if just electrons oscillating, how are they jumping a gap? And where would they go to anyway if it just jump to a wire?	5226
How do we know the structure of molecules?	6
How to these pictures which show how objects distort spacetime make any sense?	6
How did film photos get into old book, newspapers, etc if they didn’t have digital files to store the photos in, how did they print a film negative onto paper?	1
How did fish like the Northern Pike (a freshwater fish) spread all across the world? They inhabit lakes and rivers all across Europe, Asia, and North America. How did they then get into lakes with no connection to a river?	1
How does the often used model for objects bending space time producing gravity make any sense?	1
What is the point of keeping Covid restrictions when vaccination can prevent people from ending up in hospitals?	1
How do these models for showing how objects bend spacetime producing gravity make any sense?	1
I’m confused about how AC electricity can produce and arc, if the electron in the wire are just oscillating, how do they jump out of a wire?	1