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Asteroid the size of 6 peacocks to fly close to Earth on Thursday (m.jpost.com)

submitted 10 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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It is headed towards the earth at the speed of an unladen European swallow since we're using esoteric measurements now.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)

Ok who the fuck is coming up with these size comparisons ?!what the fuck is 6 peacocks like are they adult peacocks? are they male or female? So many variables. Also funny they have actual numbers for size in the article

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

England is, obviously. It's Americans may measure everything in Freedom Units, but at least we don't measure weight in "stone." When some weirdos measure stuff with rocks, it's not surprising that they measure rocks with birds.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Peacocks are male

Peahens are female

Peafowl is the collective term for both

[–] oleorun 1 points 10 months ago

I love the clarification, thank you!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Oh shit I didn't know that thank you helps with the comparison lol

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago

The article does specify. Six adult male Indian peacocks

As for who came up with it uhhhh... *opens peacock tail as a distraction*

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Ok who the fuck is coming up with these size comparisons

Someone looking at the site traffic numbers. The internet is so stupid right now.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

Are the peacocks "open"?