Everyone Knows

That the difference between a mile and exp(π √67 / 3) feet is less than the length of an E. coli bacterium.

2025-01-14 12:49:26 - StringTheory

...Everyone Knows that ...

but when someone asks you how many feet are in a mile you can say about Five Tomatoes


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why? “five tomatoes” ... well it's a simple mnemonic for remembering that there are 5280 feet in a mile. “Five tomatoes” sounds like “five two eight oh. So roughly Five Two Eight Ohs worth of Feet in them there mile

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