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28. All the humans on the planet could fit into 1 cubic mile. (Original Post) Fantastic Anarchist Sep 2013 OP
I did the math one time on fitting the entire population of the planet inside Texas. A HERETIC I AM Sep 2013 #1
They must not have counted India! liberal N proud Sep 2013 #2
That may be true but a lot of people would get sqaushed, Uncle Joe Sep 2013 #3
You're most welcome, Uncle Joe. Fantastic Anarchist Sep 2013 #9
That's 147,197,952,000 cubic feet Fumesucker Sep 2013 #4
That is one hugh pintobean Sep 2013 #7
The question is, which cubic mile? There are a lot of them on earth. Kablooie Sep 2013 #5
4. When a male bee climaxes, their testicles explode then they die. whttevrr Sep 2013 #6
They would all fit in Kansas too, each with an 18 x 18 foot square of land. Coyotl Sep 2013 #8
Amazing what can be done with a compactor. xfundy Sep 2013 #10
Will it blend! Paulie Sep 2013 #12
That's horseshit. We're supposed to believe NightWatcher Sep 2013 #11
Not sure why you think you are more successful than jack black but ok! nt Logical Sep 2013 #13
yeah that was a strange one. loli phabay Sep 2013 #15
The shuffling cards one amazed me! nt Logical Sep 2013 #14

A HERETIC I AM

(24,372 posts)
1. I did the math one time on fitting the entire population of the planet inside Texas.
Thu Sep 26, 2013, 09:39 PM
Sep 2013

I used a figure of six billion and only the land area of Texas. 6 billion people would fit inside with no problem at all and have something like 1200 square feet to each person.

Uncle Joe

(58,378 posts)
3. That may be true but a lot of people would get sqaushed,
Thu Sep 26, 2013, 09:47 PM
Sep 2013

but I guess a lot are getting squashed anyway.

Thanks for the thread, Fantastic Anarchist.

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)
4. That's 147,197,952,000 cubic feet
Thu Sep 26, 2013, 09:50 PM
Sep 2013

Probably have room left over if you squeezed hard enough.

Actually if you squeezed hard enough you could fit the entire damn planet in considerably less than a cubic mile.

But that would be cheating.

 

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
8. They would all fit in Kansas too, each with an 18 x 18 foot square of land.
Thu Sep 26, 2013, 10:03 PM
Sep 2013

Enough to grow a little bit of corn. Food puts it into perspective.

xfundy

(5,105 posts)
10. Amazing what can be done with a compactor.
Thu Sep 26, 2013, 10:52 PM
Sep 2013

Or a blender.

Not discounting the possibility of all humanity fitting into a square mile, but only the ones at the top would still be alive after the experiment.

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
11. That's horseshit. We're supposed to believe
Fri Sep 27, 2013, 12:03 AM
Sep 2013

Jack Black's parents were both rocket scientists. There must have been a screwup at the hospital and two jack asses have a really smart son.

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