A while back on Reddit, somebody asked a question in the 'No Stupid Questions' subreddit: "If kinetic energy is converted into thermal energy, how hard do I have to slap a chicken to cook it?"⁠ Though it clearly is a stupid question, it's also sort of the best question the Internet has ever heard. A physics major over on Facebook, Parker Ormonde, did the math:⁠ "As your friendly neighborhood physics major, I decided to calculate this with a few assumptions. The formula for converting between kinetic energy and thermal energy, 1/2mv2=mcT," he wrote on Facebook.⁠ ⁠ _____⁠ ⁠ "The average human hand weighs about 0.4kg, the average slap has a velocity of 11 m/s (25mph), an average rotisserie chicken weighs 1kg (2lbs) and has a specific heat capacity of 2720J/kg*c, and let's assume the chicken has to reach 205°C (400°F) for us to consider it cooked. The chicken will start frozen so 0°C (32°F)."⁠ He ultimately concluded that "to cook the chicken in one slap, you would have to slap it with a v...