The measured weight of an object in air is reduced by the buoyancy effect. When two objects have the same mass, the more dense object has a larger weight in air, as it displaces less of it. So a tonne of feathers actually does weigh less than bricks (unless in a vacuum). P.s. see you on Sunday.

Russia's economy is tiny and based mostly on exporting oil and such. It's only large in terms of physical (mostly empty) size and in how much money is spent on the military.

You can tell he’s just repeating what Putin told him; he just uncritically takes him at his word because he’s too thick to challenge anything.

But Matt, a tonne of rocks would be much smaller than a tonne of feathers. The feathers would be enormous by comparison. Ten times biglier.