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[–] NaevaTheRat@vegantheoryclub.org 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Also interesting: If you were to take your nerves out and lay them end on end you would die.

Actually interesting factYour height is closer in scale to a light second than the size of an atom. And yet atoms seem more approachable than light seconds. Fascinating stuff!

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

How do you define "closer" here? I'm about 1.8m removed from the size of an atom but well over 299 thousand kilometers from a light second.

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[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 6 points 11 months ago

"You are technically correct, the best kind of correct."

[–] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago

This is especially true for blind people.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Ok I had to think about this for a second.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago

I have as many assholes as stars in our solar system, even though it seems like more to Lemmy.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 4 points 11 months ago
[–] Isa@feddit.org 3 points 11 months ago

There might even be more hydrogen atoms in one molecule of water, than there are universes we live in!

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