▲ 64 ▼ Rock-eating fungi flourish deep below our feet (news.umich.edu) submitted 2 days ago* by Meww@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world 6 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] LongLive@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (2 children) half a giraffe? what is this reference? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] plc@feddit.dk 2 points 1 day ago It's a few years ago now. https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/36593/20220314/asteroid-half-size-giraffe-hits-iceland-2-hours-astronomers-spotted.htm https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/adelaide-afternoons/half-a-giraffe/13800376 permalink fedilink source parent [–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago Like in American News they compare everything to something else. The common refrain being we will use anything but the metric system(which I kinda call bullshit on because every science class is taught in metric). I think the irl example was "this asteroid is 12 & 1/2 giraffes wide...* Or something along those lines. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] plc@feddit.dk 2 points 1 day ago It's a few years ago now. https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/36593/20220314/asteroid-half-size-giraffe-hits-iceland-2-hours-astronomers-spotted.htm https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/adelaide-afternoons/half-a-giraffe/13800376 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago Like in American News they compare everything to something else. The common refrain being we will use anything but the metric system(which I kinda call bullshit on because every science class is taught in metric). I think the irl example was "this asteroid is 12 & 1/2 giraffes wide...* Or something along those lines. permalink fedilink source parent