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kozmonyet t1_je65pz2 wrote

Damnit. Now I need to translate Olympic swimming pool area into football fields and multiply by an estimated human height when standing on another's shoulders to get a grasp on that volume.

Why can't they just stick to easy common references like washing machines or cars??!?

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IslandBoyardee t1_je86tkg wrote

Just remember that a football field is about 7 giraffes, and the conversion is fairly simple from there.

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