• f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz
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    23 days ago

    It’s a network of the microscopic filaments, which, if lined up end-to-end, would be 10m long.

    Another one: “There’s a half-mile of wire in a pinball machine!” according to pinball manufacturer Stern, and it has been shown to be true for at least one machine.

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      23 days ago

      There is also something known as the coastline paradox, in which the length/area/volume of something increases towards infinity the more accurately you try to measure it. I could see it having an effect when measuring at these microscopic scales.