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[-] NoxAstrum@lemmy.ca 79 points 2 weeks ago

I don't think this is possible. As far as I know, osmium is the densest element. A 355 cc chunk of osmium would only be about eight kilograms. I'm not sure what mass a baby elephant has, but I'm going to assume three of them would be well above eight kilos.

[-] Bezier@suppo.fi 51 points 2 weeks ago

Nah, the drink is just american sized

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 weeks ago

It's "child-sized".

[-] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

It contains 300kg of sugar, or for the Americans here, about 3 baby elephants of sugar.

[-] devfuuu@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

best explanation so far.

[-] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 29 points 2 weeks ago

The article writer got things confused. The meteor is the size of Dr Hans Pepper, not the soft drink Dr Pepper.

[-] Sparky 19 points 2 weeks ago

It's probably some stupid way of describing it's inertia

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 weeks ago

Can confirm, am American and three baby elephants are way heavier than whatever communist unit a "kilo" is.

[-] 30p87@feddit.org 8 points 2 weeks ago
[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

Sounds like some made-up British nonsense to me, like the stone. Can you rephrase in slugs?

[-] 7uWqKj@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

IIRC elephants are born at 100 kg.

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