Balsa
Balsa noun - Strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats.
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- Théoden's sword-tapping run before the Rohirrim's charge at Minas Tirith was an improvisation made on the day that wouldn't have worked if the swords had been made of balsa wood.
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Writers Cannot Do Math: Working from the numbers given for the dimensions and tonnage of ships, small raiders are about half the average density of balsa wood (Ork Brute Ram: 60 kg/m^3) while the largest bulk transports would blow away in a slight breeze (Imperial Universe class: 2.9 kg/m^3).
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