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“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.”
by 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 agosorry i dont get your point
- TheFreim 3y agoAn 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 agoWhy do “they” control sheep-related volume measurements in the media though? Perhaps George Soros is behind this. Curious…
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- hulitu 3y agoThere are a lot of sheep species. From a "journalist" i expect more precision.
- TheFreim 3y agoThe 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.