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Float Your Boat Part I

by jbirdmarketing | Apr 24, 2023

Why do some objects lay smoothly on top of the water and some objects drop straight to the bottom? You might think that heavy objects sink and light objects float. This sounds right… until you think of large boats! 🛳


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