Thread by @sowmyarao_

Do you want to distract yourself? Here is a great question. Try to answer it first without looking it up?

So, I was watching Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom with my son today. In one episode, the elves and fairies go to the moon in a rocket....

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Once the rocket has left Earth's atmosphere, the rocket passengers experience zero gravity.

Ben, the elf, starts to float

Holly, the fairy, tries to fly using her wings, but is unable to. Then Ben's dad, Mr. Elf tells her

"Holly, your wings won't work in zero gravity"

Now, here is the question:

Is Ben's dad correct? Can winged creatures fly in zero gravity?

Now, when you're done pondering that, I'll take you back to the episode.

The elves and fairies complete their mission on the moon, but they don't have fuel to come back to earth.

Never fear. Nanny Plum uses the magic picnic basket to create a jelly flood (JELLY FLOOD)

And the jelly propulsion takes them back to Earth.

So here is my question: What happens to the jelly left behind? Does jelly (jam?) decompose in space?

If you use magic jelly to propel your rocket from the Moon to the Earth what happens to the jelly left in space?

And moving on, we learn that elves makes their famed toys by collecting and reusing the rubbish that the big people (humans) throw in the bin.

In this episode, the human girl Lucy who's a friend of Ben Elf/ Holly Fairy hangs out with the elves after one such collection drive.

Now, next question:In the picture above, you see:

1. Mushroom
2. Lucy and her dog
3. Elf collection trucks with human litter inside

Assume mushroom's length is10 cm

Is Lucy a SMOL toddler or is the dog UNSUALLY LARGE.

For bonus points: What are their sizes per this pic.

Here is the picture again

Lastly: if you're doomscrolling and want to watch beautiful, peaceful shows, may I recommend these? Perfect for adults and kids.

1. Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom on Netflix: 20 episodes of adventures of Ben and his fairy princess friend Holly. Nanny Plum, Snooty Wise Old Elf, Silly King Thistle in supporting roles.

I'm a Nanny Plum stan, not least for the infamous jelly floods.

2. Puffin Rock on Netflix: Ridiculously peaceful and beautiful show WITH GORGEOUS ANIMATIONS.

Along the Irish coast somewhere, a family of 4 penguins and their animal /bird friends have friendly happy adventures.

The accents and the sunset scenes are so so beautiful. +100

3. Octonauts on Netflix:

Starring a bunch of land animals on a mission to rescue protect and preserve marine life and environments. Unbelievably fun, colourful and thrilling.

The Octonaughts have a super fancy ship, mini ships called pods, and all sorts of gizmos... Plus +

There are not only shows and episodes there are THREE MOVIES each more exciting and educational than the other.

1) Caves of Sac Aturn is about the South American Underwater ecosystem
2) Great Barrier Reef is a musical about the Reef
3) Rings of Fire is about underwater volcanoes

I can't stop watching them. Also, so many interesting sea creatures to learn about!!

And lastly, Amazon Prime has a 30 min animated retelling of the famous kids book 'Room on the Broom', about a witch and her brave animal companions:a dog, a cat, a frog and a bird.

Beautiful story about friendship and inclusion.

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So if you need a break, please turn to one of these.

Your heart will be lighter.

❤️