The Simple Secret of Runway Digits

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The coriolis effect sneaking back was a twist I was not prepared for

Me: "Why does this runway have the number 8 on it?" CGP Grey: "Iron atoms are quantumly magnetic"

Every time Grey said "We're not going to talk about physics", I got more and more excited, knowing he was foreshadowing all the glorious physics to come.

As a private pilot it's a joy to see runways explained in such a fun, lighthearted way.

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he tricked me into watching a physics video after assuring me that no physics here, also now i know how magents work from quantam level

"That we're NOT going to do" just gives the energy of Grey trying to understand this for 100 hours and throwing his hands up in a 'screw, it doesn't matter, I DON'T NEED TO KNOW' and I love it.

Luckily there was no physics in this video

This is the best written video you have ever made

Grey has finally reached Phase 3 of his Cinematic Universe, where every video is constantly crossing over and cameoing with each other, and it is incredible.

I like how this video went from talking about runway digits to talking about quantum physics.

“There is only math, that we’re not gonna do” is genius.

Me at the start: "How can it take 17 minutes to explain runway numbers?" Me after 17 minutes: "TELL ME MORE!!!"

Hahaha, as a pilot my initial thought before watching : “It doesn’t take 17 minutes to explain runway numbers” After watching: “So thorough, fantastic as always CGP Grey”

=All the references in the Grey Cinematic Universe (GCU)= 1. 0:13 – Small tumbleweeds ("The Trouble with Tumbles" video) 2. 0:17 – Bonnie Bee Airlines employee ("Boarding Groups Explained" video) 3. 0:23 – "-Oh, hello *again*." signifying that they met before ("The Tale of Tiffany" duology – "Someone dead ruined my life, again" video) 4. 1:18 – The Universe ("Hexagon is the Bestagon" video) 5. 3:40 – The Big Book of the Laws of the Universe ("Boarding Groups Explained" video) 6. 4:00 – The Captain and the Quartermaster ("How to be a Pirate" duology) 7. 6:01 – Glitchs (Tekoi Trilogy – "CGP Grey was wrong" video) 8. 6:42 – Leading "0" in our hearts ("American Highway System" video) 9. 6:54 – Social Security Card ("Social Security Cards are Insecure" video) 10. 8:30 – Room forming with Hexagons ("Hexagons are the Bestagons" video) 11. 8:31 – Algorithm Bot ("How Machines Learn" video) 12. 10:19 – "The Troubles" in a airballon ("No Flag Northern Ireland" + "Brexit, Briefly" duology) 13. 11:40 – Book marked with a stamp ("TOP SNEAKY STAMP" video) 14. 11:49 – Kurzgesagt posters ("You are two" Collab) 15. 12:07 – Zoom into the Quantum Realm ("Metric Paper" video) P.S.: If you say something about the Airport Codes video, don't. This was released before that video came out so unless it's foreshadowing, you're INVALID!

I just love how the video implies that Grey just randomly starts making a runway video and the guy sat next to him just has to deal with it the whole time

I can just picture Grey typing up the script, mumbling to himself with increasing fervor that "this isn't a physics video. This isn't a physics video. This ISN'T--"

I feel like I just listened to a 17 minute long poem. The alliteration, cadence, and careful word choice was beautiful.

Small correction: Canada uses the magnetic numbering system for the runways as well, except for runways north of a specific parallel, when the true north and magnetic north diverge too much. So for your travels where 99% of people live in Canada, it makes no difference for pilots !