There's an old mexican comedy show where the teacher asks a student how many centimeters are in a meter - she answers something like "29. And there's even room for more!"
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Ah yes, the optimal packing of 16 Polands
Americans will use anything but metric
That's measuring with what, how many football fields? You'd still have to convert to American anyway.
!CartographyAnarchy@sh.itjust.works
Wow, the Pacific Ocean must be really wide, like, that's gotta be longer than 2 football fields placed end to end.
Two? Double that number, then double it again...
Be careful with exponentials!
Do not double it more than 17 times or it will not fit.
So Six Football fields?
Probably maybe!
Or Seven even...
And this is why poland should be the standard unit of measurement.
Those three Polands are conspiring against the other 13!
Repost to Anything Bit Metric 😸
But 17, probably not.
No, after that critical point, Poland would start to win.
something is wrong, i can see new zealand on this map
The Atlantic Ocean can hold 17 Polands. Therefore, the Atlantic Ocean is bigger.
How do you sink a Polish battleship?
By placing the entire country of Poland into the Pacific Ocean while the Battleship is in drydock.
I've often thought about Poland and the pacific ocean. I always considered you could fit 7 or 8 or 173 or even 9. But 16? That really is mind blowing.
Bigly if true