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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

Nice of you to translate metric into American

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I honestly have no idea how big a football field (never been to one) is so this nit helping much.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

A football field is less than one Texas. Hope this helps.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They're longer than 1cm. hope that helps!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

but how small are they compared to a standard banana?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

A football field is generally bigger than a standard banana and a carpenter ant is smaller than a standard ('b' + 'a' + + 'a' + 'a').toLowerCase();

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

You have an extra 'a'

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (3 children)

American football or soccer football?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

We call it pointy-ball in my fam, but yes, that's the one.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

Tardigrade football fields are only 1cm long.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago