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Asteroid the size of 28 sheep to RAM past the Earth

• shrubble 3y ago
  Some people will do anything to avoid using metric units...
• ftxbro 3y ago
  > "An asteroid the size of almost 28 domesticated sheep" they are just trolling now
  • ianai 3y ago
    “The Jerusalem Post is the oldest and largest English-language daily newspaper in Israel and the most-read English news website in Israel and the Jewish world.” https://m.jpost.com/landedpages/aboutus.aspx https://m.jpost.com/landedpages/aboutus.aspx
    • ftxbro 3y ago
      sorry i dont get your point
      • TheFreim 3y ago
        An internet search seems to indicate sheep farming is a big deal in Israel, so using sheep to give an indication of size might make more sense for a Jewish site?
        • henriquez 3y ago
          Why do “they” control sheep-related volume measurements in the media though? Perhaps George Soros is behind this. Curious…
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        • hulitu 3y ago
          There are a lot of sheep species. From a "journalist" i expect more precision.
          • TheFreim 3y ago
            The article gives you what you seek. > Asteroid 2023 HO18 is estimated by NASA to have a diameter of as much as 50 meters. In imperial measurements for American readers, that would be 164 feet or just under 55 yards. Personally, I think for something as low stakes as an asteroid flying by the earth that having a bit of fun using a culturally relevant size estimation and associated puns is fine, especially considering they didn't just leave it at that and provided the more detailed information.
• Kye 3y ago
  bah, ram ewe
• aaron695 3y ago
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• henriquez 3y ago
  Get it?! _RAM?!?!!’!!?!!_ HA HAHA HAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAH
  • hulitu 3y ago
    So it's 28MB of RAM. Now it makes sense. /s