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[-] NoxAstrum@lemmy.ca 83 points 3 days ago

I don't think this is possible. As far as I know, osmium is the densest element. A 355 cc chunk of osmium would only be about eight kilograms. I'm not sure what mass a baby elephant has, but I'm going to assume three of them would be well above eight kilos.

[-] Bezier@suppo.fi 53 points 3 days ago

Nah, the drink is just american sized

It's "child-sized".

[-] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

It contains 300kg of sugar, or for the Americans here, about 3 baby elephants of sugar.

[-] devfuuu@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

best explanation so far.

[-] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 30 points 3 days ago

The article writer got things confused. The meteor is the size of Dr Hans Pepper, not the soft drink Dr Pepper.

[-] Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 3 days ago

It's probably some stupid way of describing it's inertia

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 days ago

Can confirm, am American and three baby elephants are way heavier than whatever communist unit a "kilo" is.

[-] 30p87@feddit.org 7 points 3 days ago

Sounds like some made-up British nonsense to me, like the stone. Can you rephrase in slugs?

[-] 7uWqKj@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

IIRC elephants are born at 100 kg.

[-] daggermoon@lemmy.world 29 points 3 days ago

That is much larger than a can of Dr. Pepper. The photograph is so clear and it's covered in fucking craters.

[-] nacho_taco@lemm.ee 6 points 2 days ago

Now nasa is doing ad placements?

[-] TomMasz@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago

Can't believe I'm the first one to mention the "Orbititing".

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago

Right, it clearly should be "orbititting"

[-] Apeman42@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

orbititting goth girlfriend

[-] MeatPilot@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

Damn 3 Baby elephants? That's like 225 ducks!

As an American what I don't get is if a foot is roughly 30cm and a kg is 2.2lbs how hard of a conversion is it really?

[-] Eezyville@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago

It's extremely hard actually. The problem isn't the math, it's the ability to communicate with other Americans because you'll be speaking a foreign language.

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

BREAKING NEWS

[-] squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 days ago
this post was submitted on 31 Mar 2025
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