Americans will do anything to avoid using the metric system smh my head
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Omg my god.
Omg my god.
I love when they compare size to so many of something that it's no longer understandable. "The same size 20 Olympic swimming pools!" Ok, I have no idea how much that is now.
That's still easy to imagine, compared to the volume of 6000 gummy bears.
To be honest with you I'm not really sure how big a single Olympic size swimming pool is either. 😅
I just fell into a rabbit hole the size of an Olympic Swimming Pool.
Before your comment, i didn't know this was a thing.
TL/DR
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Length: 50 m (164 ft 1 in)
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Width: 25 m (82 ft 0 in)
That's the size.
Unfortunately, they come in various depths depending on if there is a diving pit or not. Also some of the larger natatoriums will combine up to three of them side by side so they have more lanes. The standard size is 8 lanes IIRC.
Today I learned. Thank you, stranger!
You are welcome, not a stranger anymore, fellow lemming. ⊂(￣▽￣)⊃
Petition to make Danny DeVito a unit of international standard of measurement.
I'm on the fence, but about a microdevito from agreeing
Magnum dong for scale.
Then where is the skull's huge horn?
Whoa 🤔 I'm about a Devito and a half tall! (rounded up) That makes me feel strong!
I could probably lift two Devitos!
How much is that in smoots?
0.8636897767 Smoots
So how many DeVitos wide is the wingspan of quetzalcoatlus?
Well I don't know what that is but my educated guess is 3.5
Its closer to 8, Devito is 1.47 m and the wingspan is 11-12 m
please recommend me your favorite Danny Devito comedy movies and shows.
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Thanks, but I have just finished episode 1 and there's not a single sight of Danny DeVito? He's not even listed in the main casts? Is he just a side character or guess star in this show?
He joined the show starting season 2 and is in almost every episode from that point forward. If you're seriously just starting Always Sunny, I'm extremely jealous of you. Being able to watch it for the first time is always a wild ride!
Should I just skip season 1? Do you think it's worth watching?
I'm at episode 3 and honestly I haven't felt it "click" yet. The comedy is based on the main 3 guys being idiots, and that's not the kind of thing I enjoy.
He does add a lot to the show, but at the end of the day, the gang acting all stupid is the entire show's shtick.
I don't know about watching it without having seen all the prior episodes but "The Nightman Cometh" is funniest half hour comedy ever produced.
He doesn't appear until season 2 and it's hilarious. He's in every episode after that.
If I remember right, the way it's depicted in the show is basically how it went in real life. DeVito showed up to the set and was like "let me be part of the gang!" and they were all "okay why not?"
How many Danny DeVito's long is a Boeing 747?
Around tree fitty
Somewhere in the ballpark of 50 DeVito's