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Titanic asteroid the size of 84 orcas to pass Earth on Monday - NASA (m.jpost.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Americans will use anything as a measurement unit except the SI, it seems

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Seriously, I'm American but I still know how long a meter is. Why not just say 'an 830 meter wide asteroid'? Now I keep imagining a meteor in the shape of a giant whale.