Why the Way We Define Kilogram, Metres and Seconds Changed on May 20. It marks one of the biggest shake-ups in the history of measurement – and the new standards on how we define units of mass, length, time and so on are not easy to explain. thewire.in/the-sciences/t…
TIL There is a chocolate museum in Cologne that showcases show the entire history of chocolate, from its beginnings with the Olmecs, Maya and Aztecs to contemporary products and production methods. A feature attraction is the 3-metre-high chocolate fountain for visitors to sample en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imh…
Englands 201 metres from 123 carries against the Boks (avg 1.63 metres per carry) was 3rd lowest in RWC history after Wales (v SA in 2019) and Georgia (v NZ in 2015) twitter.com/OptaJonny/sta…
Vaai Taumalolo runs for the most metres by an NRL forward in recorded history townsvillebulletin.com.au…
A 33-metre reinforced concrete vagina has sparked a Bolsonarian backlash in Brazil, with supporters of the country’s far-right president clashing with leftwing art admirers over the installation. theguardian.com/world/202…
BREAKING: Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart says people found in violation of social distancing rules — staying 2 metres away from other people — will be subject to “significant fines.” The mayor will ask council to pass bylaws Monday. twitter.com/cbcnewsbc/sta…
New Zealand measles outbreak worst 'in years' with 22 cases confirmed - “Unimmunised people who come within two metres of an infectious person, however briefly, have a 90% chance of contracting measles,” the Canterbury district health board said in a statement. theguardian.com/world/201…
Russian suspects in poisoning of ex-spy Sergei Skripal say they visited Salisbury as "tourists" to see "the famous cathedral" and its 123 metre spire bbc.co.uk/news/world-euro…
What kind of absolute trash rips out plants fro someone else’s garden? That hole on the right side there held a flowering frangipani just over a metre tall last night when I went to work. Welcome to Perth.
Jason Taumalolo ran for a new personal best of 345 metres in 73 minutes against the Bulldogs. Only RTS has run more with 367 metres
If you're going to take up the entire 3-person-wide pavement, don't you fucking dare scream "2 metres! 6 feet!" at me if I don't go right into the middle of the road that has cars running on it you fucking miserable old cunt.
TIL Neanderthals are responsible for the earliest known hominid-made structures, which are about 176,500 years old, consisting of 400 pieces of broken stalagmites arranged into 2 rings that are several metres across, deep inside a cave in France. theatlantic.com/science/a…
Laocoön and his sons, one of the most famous statues from antiquity. It shows the Trojan priest Laocoön and his sons Antiphantes and Thymbraeus being attacked by sea serpents. Roman copy after a Greek original, nearly 2 metres high, c.1st century AD. [1080x1125] imgur.com/XApC2Mo
TIL: Last August, a three-year-old girl entangled in the tail of a giant kite survived a terrifying ride after being swept more than 100 feet (30 metres) into the air during a kite festival in Taiwan. reuters.com/article/us-ta…
TIL the IS2/1 has slightly over 1 metre of armour when angled
Sitting above the 43 metre (141ft) clock face of Abraj Al Bait, Mecca, the largest clock face in the world
Many years ago I grew this plant from the top of a pineapple I ate. It has grown leaves of nearly 1,5 metres and now it’s producing a little pineapple!
This is the Dumbo octopus. It lives at depths of at least 3,000 to 4,000 metres (9,800 to 13,100 ft) with some living up to 7,000 metres (23,000 ft) below sea level, which is the deepest of any known octopus. They are some of the rarest of the Octopoda species though they occur worldwide.
SFU students planning to hike up Burnaby Mountain during transit shutdown. The four-km-long hike — an elevation climb of about 300 metres from the station is about 1.5 hours. “The university does not have the financial, labour or vehicle resources to shuttle people to and from SkyTrain stations...” dailyhive.com/vancouver/s…
TIL In 1891 women throughout Victoria went door to door, gathering signatures for a women’s suffrage petition, which became known as the ‘Monster Petition'. The petition was approximately 260 metres long and contained nearly 30,000 signatures, including that of Jane Munro, the Premier’s wife. blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such…
Coming into the office to find out a colleague put fairy liquid into the dishwasher last night. Spending the first 30 minutes of the day discussing with colleagues how to remove 50 cubic metres of bubbles from the building.
This Concrete Dome Holds A Leaking Toxic Timebomb (2017) | Thousands of cubic metres of radioactive waste lies buried under a concrete dome on the Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands youtube.com/attribution_l…
“First media event of the Australian GP weekend - and mandatory 2 metre exclusion zone around drivers as coronavirus measure” twitter.com/noblef1/statu…
1968 summer olympics in mexico city-state winner of the 2 hundred metre race. Gold medal winner=tommie smith (black american who broke word record). White australian took silver. Another black american took bronze
Karakoram Highway - 8th Wonder of the World - Highest Paved Road at 4,714 metres - Khunjerab Pass, Pakistan [1080x1350]
Lost my phone on the side of a road and found it a few months later about 30 metres away from where I thought it was
[Round 83777] #38 Auckland: Please give me the coordinates of the street view car here within 10 metres.
I somehow managed this absolutely MASSIVE jump of 0.57 Metres which put me in the top 2 million players.. get on my level
Brought to you by a Loba, who threw her bracelet half a metre into a tree in front of her.
Sitting above the 43 metre (141ft) clock face of Abraj Al Bait, Mecca, the largest clock face in the world
This is what it looks like at the bottom of a 151 metre waterfall. Three times the height of Niagara Falls, Stirling Falls in Fiordland has some serious power and noise. 3795x5692 [OC]
Saw this bag lying on the floor during my dog walk, rather than walk past the litter I see everyday I decided to put it to good use. This was all within 50 metres of me finding the bag and numerous bins being available.
Durge- the 2,000 year old, 3-metre tall Gen’Dai bounty hunter. In his long life he acquired a deep hatred of Mandalorians, once killing a Mand’alor, was tempted to join the CIS with the opportunity to kill clone troopers- clones of the self-declared Mandalorian warrior Jango Fett. (Legends)
"The Torrent". Blue Moutains, Australia. This is what half a metre of rainfall looks like after months of drought.
this is what grebes ( also known as "jesus birds" ) must do in order to get a mate. the grebes rush along the surface of the water for up to 20 metres (66 feet) side-by-side as part of a mate ritual. v.redd.it/xp11a97axvc41
Dolwyddelan castle, whales. Does anyone know the rough footprint (in metres) of this castle?
You can fly, but only 1 metre off the ground and ads repeatedly pop up in front of you. You have to pay a large amount of money to upgrade to the ad-free full flying experience
Hundreds of people have held a high-altitude “funeral” for a Swiss glacier that has been lost to global warming. Climate activists dressed in black clothes climbed to 2,600 metres above sea level to pay their respects to the last remnants of the Pizol glacier in the Glarus Alps, east Switzerland. independent.co.uk/news/wo…
Just shy of 4 square metres in my central London flat - I’m very jealous of the incredible garage setups I see here, but this one is MINE!
Just been given all this yarn... Plus a knitting machine, ribbing machine and table... All 4ply or under dating from the 80s and 90s,so likely acrylic blends... I don't know where to start! There must be thousands of metres... Any ideas?
Dassault MD-750, or Mega Mirage, Spectre twinjet tailless delta wing concept for an interceptor aircraft developed by Dassault Aviation in the 1960s. Among the design goals were a maximum speed of Mach 3.5, with a high rate of climb of about 5 or 6 minutes to 6000 metres altitude.
The Crewship was thousands of metres away from the pulse turbine but I somehow activated teleportation powers. v.redd.it/1antk6knj0q41
Getting off a plane at your local airport, being able to see the Arrivals entrance - but having to cram the entire plane onto two of those sardine-tin buses because the general public cannot be trusted to walk 50 fucking metres without obstructing another plane or air-side vehicle.
Indonesia's Mount Merapi erupts: Indonesia’s most active volcano Mount Merapi erupted on Friday, shooting a column of ash some 5,000 metres (16,000 feet) into the air in its second major eruption this month. nst.com.my/world/world/20…
Standing a metre behind the person in front of you at the cashy only to have some bloke breathing down the back of your neck.
What do people not understand about keeping their distance?
TIL The meter (metre) was originally defined to be one ten millionth of the distance between the North Pole and the Equator through Paris en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Met…
