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MachineInterface
#2 not "9 times brighter", 9 *orders of magnitude* brighter; 4# nope, that's a myth.
SuperLuminalMan
The supernova one is wrong - it's 9 ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE brighter than the bomb, approx 1,000,000,000x
BortymcBortfeis
The average human wing span is zero. Trust me on this
seanbas
How was history recorded before humans?
rumpelpumpel
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professionalConfirmologist
The Buffet one: everyone who meets him should ask for a price-adjusted can of Sprite
PartOfTheRebelAllianceAndATraitor
I picture some unappreciated mathematician coming up with these absurd figures for an ad company and cursing his degree...
idontliketheclonebone
This doesn't give you fucks permission to move to colorado
IGotCharlieWork
Wait, humans don't have wings
AndrewBuggy
Tell that to Paul McCartney.
kidwest84
If this post was an egg, I would be good at playing soccer... I don't think I'm doing this right...
ifjs
Hey warren, i’m going out for a coke, you want anything?
dubtrip
4# is not actually true. A billiard ball can't have groves more than 20 micro inches and the Mariana Trench would measure 2000 microinches
buttbugel
how could the earth be so smooth if it's flat?
torillatavataan
#2 come on now. The supernova would be nine ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE brighter. A BILLION times brighter. Not nine. https://what-if.xkcd.com/73/
torillatavataan
(Also, the source where this mind-blowing fact is ineptly stolen from, compares the supernova to a fusion bomb, not a regular nuclear bomb.)
technobass
dirtycrow666
Human wingspan. Yes.
everydayaneko
Some of these are wrong
StragoMagus
If the population of the world lived with the same pop. density as the Kowloon walled city it would fit in the same space as Palestine 1/2
StragoMagus
2,402 mi² https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_iNRGac_uM 2/2
XtraDownvote
The supernova one is wrong, it's not 9x but 9 orders of magnitude (i.e. 1000000000) brighter
SeanRobertson
I don't get the manhatten/colorado one.
bladderinfection
If Colorado was a city like Manhattan, everyone on Earth could live there.
SeanRobertson
thats not as good as the "everyone in the world could fit on the Isle of Wight"
rezpawner
The Earth one is wrong: https://ourplnt.com/earth-smooth-billiard-ball/
PaulSmackageFromGrapevineTexas
More data backing up that it isn't. http://billiards.colostate.edu/bd_articles/2013/june13.pdf
HanktheHeliotropeShank
That was interesting, and seemed like actual science.
tzxAzrael
#3 ok but what if he bought a coke or pepsi instead?
jonnywad
Woh
Threewisemen
How is "recorded history" predate "human history"? Wouldn't they be one-in-the-same? Seems odd if that's the correct term.
Lambast
Manhatten has a density of about 2.5g/cm3 (mainly concrete), whereas the Earth has a density of 5.5g/cm3, so that fact is way off.
MrPenman
I think they're talking about population density.
Lambast
No, it very clearly refers to the density of the world, not it's human population! But I can see why you're confused!
akshually
The smooth planet one confuses me. Is that with or without water, with the earth being a rocky asteroid?
aleister94
According to VSauce this is inaccurat, tho the surface of the earth is smoother than a pancake
personalspaceinvaderspiff
i could go for some pancakes
Justzissguy
With water, the largest single bump on the Billiard Ball Earth would be 0.043mm and the lowest dip would be 0.002mm deep.
Justzissguy
I spent way too much time mathing this when I should've been sleeping.
breakingcode
think of it this way, look at electron mic images of things you think of as smooth, imagine that being size of earth, compare then shrink.
breakingcode
Looking at Earth from space. Lots of *color/darkness* differences, but you can't make out "smoothness/texture" at all until you magnify.
akshually
Compare the size of something I don't know with something I've never seen?
rezpawner
Either way, it's wrong: https://ourplnt.com/earth-smooth-billiard-ball/
PaulSmackageFromGrapevineTexas
http://billiards.colostate.edu/bd_articles/2013/june13.pdf
LeadByBadExample
Felt so wrong everytime I heard it.
yoshi
earth's not that smooth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxhxL1LzKww
timmosMonster
Idk, it was pretty smooth with your mom last night
yoshi
huh, so you like old ladies?
MikeAracter
I would like to have wings.
Agent
My wingspan is currently 0.
unknownSubscriber
Yea..some teriyaki or spicy buffalo sounds good.
penxv
Especially in a pan
Willybum84
Me too...and a bigger dong but watchagonnado
DuckyofDeath123
You can borrow someone else's, if you go to the right clubs and ask nicely.
diphenhydraminehcl50mg
you can get surgery for that
darkdragonempress
Yeah but then your dong doesn't work right anymore.
fiercebetty
That least one doesn't make sense, isn't recorded history just human history. Yes there is history before humans, but it's not "recorded"
Jburli24
So you question this, but not the having a 'wingspan'.
fiercebetty
I've heard the distance from fingertip to opposite fingertip called "wingspan" before, so I found no reason to question that.
UhhhhhNick
It doesnt have to be recorded by humans to be recorded history, Ill bett some aliens have a record of earth somewhere
yagswolo
it does not make "no sense", but yeah "recorded history" is clearly a pleonasm
FaithAlone
If it is not recorded is it still history? I mean, the term "prehistoric" means before record.
YourBioAsAComment
Maybe he meant that would represent man kinds existence as when they came into being
asm80dfa8sdfj
The term "history" really only includes that which was recorded.
659992812
I've seen this analogy before, but human wingspan was the age of the universe and the fingernail was recorded human history as in 10-20k yr
LIfe15
Also wouldn't you cut off the finger if it was the length?
oldusernamewastoolong
But yeah, it still doesn't make sense
diphenhydraminehcl50mg
i'm guessing it's probably still pretty accurate
danrrpalade
Exactly what I thought. But that is probably just a term, like the history that we can prove existed, or something like that.
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LeadByBadExample
Fuck you, I'm Ikaros!
DuckyofDeath123
Puny little humans.
oldusernamewastoolong
History is defined as starting when humans starting making records, the rest is Prehistory, hence "Prehistoric Times"
UpvotesAroundTheHorn
“That least one...” Let’s make sure our own stuff makes sense before we call out other people.
fiercebetty
Sorry that the swipe writing function on my phone chose the wrong word and I did not see the mistake before posting a comment. My apologies
Kafula1106
What about the geologic record?
shanfyr
Thank you.
BlackwitchWizard
stratigraphy!
Necromartian
You could look at geostratigraphy as historical record. That way the last statement would make sense