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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums28. All the humans on the planet could fit into 1 cubic mile.
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A HERETIC I AM
(24,372 posts)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.
liberal N proud
(60,339 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,378 posts)but I guess a lot are getting squashed anyway.
Thanks for the thread, Fantastic Anarchist.
Fantastic Anarchist
(7,309 posts)Many other interesting factoids at the link.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)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.
pintobean
(18,101 posts)fucking clown car.
Kablooie
(18,637 posts)whttevrr
(2,345 posts)Coyotl
(15,262 posts)Enough to grow a little bit of corn. Food puts it into perspective.
xfundy
(5,105 posts)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.
Paulie
(8,462 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)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.