crossedstaves
crossedstaves t1_iugunzx wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in ELI5 Why are airport ceiling so high? by TrShry
When you have a very large building you wind up having a reduced ratio of surface area to volume. The thermal energy inside the mall has a harder time finding a way out than it would in a smaller building because there's just less building surface in comparison. It takes time to get truly cold.
crossedstaves t1_iuz0g5u wrote
Reply to comment by greybruce1980 in TIL that the Persian King Xerxes was so enraged after a storm destroyed his bridges that he ordered the sea be given 300 whiplashes, and branded it with red-hot irons as the soldiers shouted at the water by LethalPoopstain
Herodotus wasn't really into objectivity though, he did a lot to make a very moralizing point about hubris with Xerxes.