I don't care how long this has been going on, I ain't fucking around near that thing.
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I'm not convinced that weighs 500 tons, that's the same as at least 65 of the largest African elephants or 2.5 of the largest blue whales
After some googling, some of the heavier rock types are 3g/cm^3, which is 3000kg/m^3
If we use the person as a rough ruler of 1.6m, the rock is about 5 person wide, and 3 person high (eye measure), give or take. And if we say it's 3 person deep, then it has a rough mass of 5*3*3*1.6*3000 = 216 000 kg, which is in the same order of magnitude.
Close enough to check out, I'd say.
Edit: I realized since the actual ruler we use is 1.6m (assumed), it should be multiplied by 1.6 three times (one for each dimension/length), not just once. If we do that, we end up with 921 600 kg instead, putting 500 000 kg well within the range of possibilities from a quick calculation.
Edit 2: as pointed out below, the actual correct estimation would be 553 tons
You got me confused.
5*3*3*1.6*3000
is the same as
[(5*1.6) + (3*1.6) + (3*1.6)]*3000
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Nice, what bouldering grade?
What happened 11,000 years ago?
The ice sheet covering northern europe started to melt away, and with that we got what is called "glacial erratics". Rocks had traveled from once place to another, and then settled. In Sweden we call those "giants throw", because it was assumed that the only way those big rocks could be where they are was if a giant had thrown it.
In Finland those are called siirtolohkare (moved boulder) or hiidenkivi (devil's rock)
I think we have the same terminology then, we also call them "flyttblock". Is there a story behind them being called Devil's rock? It sounds very finnish to me to be honest.
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Ice age
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When earthquake?
Finland is not close enough to the edges of tectonic plates, so if we get earthquakes here at all, they're barely noticeable.
so if we get earthquakes here at all, they’re barely noticeable.
..and caused by the sea bed rising after it was compressed because of the weight of the glacier during the ice age
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heavy breathing
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I would never go anywhere near that rock
Ima have to see an 11,000 year old picture and an 11,001 year old picture as proof of this.
Neat. The trick rock has a pet tree
This is the rock that keeps the Earth right side up. If you knock it off we flip upside down and Australia gets to rule the planet.
Is there a country that uses a different thousands separator based on unit?
Finland uses space for thousands (and comma for decimals), so an article in Finnish would have 500 000 kg
Yes, in a lot of places a period is used for order-of-magnitude separation and comma is used for decimal places.
In this title the use seems inconsistent.
Right, i think he's asking if there's some culture where the inconsistency is designed based on unit. So, for example, period for years, comma for weight.
I think it's simply an error. Maybe AI generated?
Either the rock weighs exactly 500kg to an impressive precision and has been there for eleven thousand years or it weighs five hundred thousand kg and has been there for exactly 11 years.
It's got something for everyone.
I don't care how long it been balancing there I wouldn't dare stand that close to it, be just my luck it pick that moment to shrift.
The name "odd stone" is really deserved. There's also a pine tree growing on top of the rock
Or some aliens with antigrav guns were like "Hey you know what would be funny?!?"
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Rock is in the floor
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Ice age ends, water floods dirt around the rock away
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Rock either rolls down or stays
We have lots of these in Austria and at least here this is how they became like that.
If that was a comma, it would be way more impressive…
In Europe generally commas are used for decimals and periods for marking thousands
Then, it's a very light rock!
Ha, I didn't even realised they used the systems interchangeably
Having exactly 500 kg up to three decimal places would still be quite impressive!
Yeah, that really makes those figures more significant!