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What is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Shikadi@wirebase.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not that I trust Google, but I did a search and the first result said "A detonation is an explosion where the flame speed is greater than the speed of sound."

That implies there can also be explosions that are subsonic

I also found this wiki page https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosion Deflagration is listed as just that. And cars run on Deflagration, so therefore they run on explosions