submitted 1 month ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/xkcd@lemmy.world

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The biggest I've seen in a published source in the wild is an 80-fold error in a reported distance, which I think came from a series of at least three unit conversions and area/length misinterpretations.

https://explainxkcd.com/3065/

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[-] Artyom@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

By a square inch, they much mean a column of infinite height extending upwards. Saying they consume the grassy surface of Australia is a dramatic underestimate.

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