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If you're lucky, you can get some dolphin with your tuna in a can. It's interesting that the world is fine with eating stupid tuna but that dolphin is off limits because they can be trained to jump in the air.

As for the weight of the sun, it's 0 because it's sitting in space. Your mass is always the same provided that you aren't moving. Your weight is how much the force of gravity is pulling you down. For example, a man weighing 100kg would weigh 16kg on the moon and 2,790kg on the surface of the sun. However, his mass is 100kg wherever he is (your mass increases as you move faster).

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As for the weight of the sun, it's 0 because it's sitting in space. Your mass is always the same provided that you aren't moving.

The phrase "you aren't moving" doesn't really mean anything ... because motion is a relative thing.
Sun is moving around the center of the galaxy, which in turn is moving with the speed of about 600 km/s towards the galactic group, known as Centaurus Supercluster.

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Your weight is how much the force of gravity is pulling you down.

Not quite. Your weight is the force that is exerted on you by support working against the gravitational field.
Falling in an elevator, or, if you prefer, orbiting the Earth in a space station, you would be pulled down by the Earth gravitation, yet still weightless.

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(your mass increases as you move faster).

It does not. This misconception is based on relativistic formula for momentum - P = m*v*Gamma, as opposed to the classical formula, where P = m*v. If you consider a "relativistic mass" mr = m*Gamma, you could use the classical formula for momentum, simply replacing m with mr.

Mathematically, it is equivalent, however, the notion of "relativistic mass" does not have any physical meaning, as it cannot even be determined independently of an inertial reference frame, which does not make any sense for a scalar quantity.

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I came here for a look at crazy math, instead I feel as though I've fallen into a Monty Python skit.

What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

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What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

The airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow is roughly 11 meters per second, or 24 miles per hour, on average, according to the Wiki.
However, being as knowledgable about swallows as I be, I can guarantee they can reach in excess of 40mph, unladen, and of their own power. (Barn variety)
I hit one on my bike once, and am relatively certain that at some point, some of it was likewise travelling at 110mph for some fractions of a second. I posthumously awarded it a World Record.
It would take 63 European Swallows to raise one coconut, according to facts I just made up.

You have to know these things when you're a king, you know.

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I hit one on my bike once, and am relatively certain that at some point, some of it was likewise travelling at 110mph for some fractions of a second. I posthumously awarded it a World Record.

I hit a freakin' bird while riding a motorcycle, that little freaker hit me right in the freakin' knee. Freakin' hurt like freak.

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How many pancakes does it take to fill a doghouse?

How much does a dolphin cost?

I hope I can get some help here.

How many pancakes does it take to fill a doghouse?

None, she won't cook you pancakes when you are in the doghouse.

How much does a dolphin cost?

The blog, which is hosted by someone calling themselves Pngtaiji, goes on to suggest that if concerned parties are "Really serious about requesting the Dolphin Base to release the dolphin, you should officially negotiate with the Dolphin Base, with Japanese translator/lawyer, and offer them the price of the dolphin, food, and expenses for releasing the dolphin." Pngtaiji then adds that, "The price of a dolphin is $300,000 according to Ric O'Barry's most recent comment. So suggest you to start collecting money."



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