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minus-squareParadachshund@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·12 days agoI love when they compare size to so many of something that it’s no longer understandable. “The same size 20 Olympic swimming pools!” Ok, I have no idea how much that is now.
minus-squarekamenLady.@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·12 days agoThat’s still easy to imagine, compared to the volume of 6000 gummy bears.
minus-squareParadachshund@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·12 days agoTo be honest with you I’m not really sure how big a single Olympic size swimming pool is either. 😅
minus-squarekamenLady.@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-212 days agoI just fell into a rabbit hole the size of an Olympic Swimming Pool. Before your comment, i didn’t know this was a thing. TL/DR Length: 50 m (164 ft 1 in) Width: 25 m (82 ft 0 in) That’s the size.
minus-squareParadachshund@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 days agoToday I learned. Thank you, stranger!
minus-squarekamenLady.@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 days agoYou are welcome, not a stranger anymore, fellow lemming. ⊂( ̄▽ ̄)⊃
I love when they compare size to so many of something that it’s no longer understandable. “The same size 20 Olympic swimming pools!” Ok, I have no idea how much that is now.
That’s still easy to imagine, compared to the volume of 6000 gummy bears.
To be honest with you I’m not really sure how big a single Olympic size swimming pool is either. 😅
I just fell into a rabbit hole the size of an Olympic Swimming Pool.
Before your comment, i didn’t know this was a thing.
TL/DR
Length: 50 m (164 ft 1 in)
Width: 25 m (82 ft 0 in)
That’s the size.
Today I learned. Thank you, stranger!
You are welcome, not a stranger anymore, fellow lemming. ⊂( ̄▽ ̄)⊃