Neil deGrasse Tyson explains the physics of NASCAR

Cosmos was postponed a week for the Coca-Cola 600, so Neil deGrasse Tyson tweeted a bunch of cool stuff about "the physics of fast-moving things." Oh, hell yes. 5 things Neil deGrasse Tyson taught us about fast-moving things (1) The finer points of spelling! I'm quite sure I'm the last person in the universe to have learned that RACECAR spelled backwards is RACECAR -- Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) May 26, 2014 (2) The finer points of space travel! At 200mph, a nice @NASCAR speed, it'd take 12...