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This is a rare example of extreme understatement in a headline. If the figure given in the article is true, about 800 trillion viruses fall to Earth each day pe
by mikeash 9y ago
This is a rare example of extreme understatement in a headline. If the figure given in the article is true, about 800 trillion viruses fall to Earth each day per square kilometer.
- andai 9y agoHundreds of Sextillions of Viruses Fall from the Sky Each Day
- mikeash 9y agoDoesn't quite have the same ring to it, huh? I think they probably made the right decision to understate it here.
- ItsMe000001 9y agoPer square meter, according to the article, not kilometer.
- mikeash 9y agoThe article states 800 million per square meter per day. I converted it to square kilometers to get something with "trillion."