James Lucas@JamesLucasIT · Sep 3, 2024

Thread on the real size of things 🧵 1. Titanic compared to a modern cruise ship

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A comprehensive visual comparison thread showcasing the real sizes of famous landmarks, natural wonders, animals, and celestial bodies using human scale references. The thread demonstrates how maps distort geography, how massive historical structures and modern marvels truly compare to people, and reveals the staggering scale of extinct creatures and astronomical objects.

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Thread on the real size of things 🧵 1. Titanic compared to a modern cruise ship
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2. The giant flag of the french ship Le Genereux, which was captured by Admiral Nelson in 1800. It is believed to be one of the earliest Tricolours in existence. Humans for scale.
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3. A husky next to a wolf
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4. The true size of the pyramids
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5. If Saturn were as close to Earth as the Moon, this is what it would look like:
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6. The real size of Michelangelo’s David
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7. The size of Starship
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8. This GIF by Jakub Nowosad demonstrates how the Mercator projection distorts the true sizes of continents and countries on a world map.
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9. The actual size of Africa
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10. Petra, Jordan x.com/KaZzYB99/statu…
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11. Jadayupara, the largest avian sculpture in the world It measures 200 feet (61 m) long, 150 feet (46 m) wide, 70 feet (21 m) in height and occupies 15,000 square feet of floor area.
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12. The actual size of a sea turtle
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13. Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, the longest continuous bridge over water in the world. Its length can be used to visually demonstrate the curvature of the Earth.
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14. The size of a moose
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15. The little dot in front of the Sun is actually Mercury
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16. Sequoia trees Sequoia National Park in California is home to five of the world's ten largest trees.
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17. The Statue of Unity is the world's tallest statue, with a height of 182 metres (597 feet).
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18. Europe's largest salt mine Located in Slănic, Romania, the Slănic Salt Mine features 14 underground chambers, each with a 10-meter ceiling opening, 32-meter width, and 54-meter height, reaching a total depth of 208 meters.
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19. The Quetzalcoatlus, the largest known flying animal that ever existed
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20. This marble quarry is so huge that the excavator looks like a toy
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21. The short-faced bear is an extinct ancient bear that lived in North America 11,000 years ago.
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22. The size of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, as seen from his outstretched arms
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23. The size of a whale skull
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24. Two people sitting on the Makkah Clock Royal Tower in Mecca, the tallest clock tower on Earth
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25. Eros, the second largest known asteroid in an Earth-crossing orbit
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26. Blue Whale heart It's the largest heart on Earth and it pumps oxygen every 10 seconds. It's 5 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 5 feet tall and it weighs about 400 pounds.
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27. The colossal size of Cologne Cathedral At 157 m (515 ft), this architectural marvel is the tallest twin-spired church and the third tallest church of any kind on Earth. x.com/gisipen/status…
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28. Celestial bodies scaled for size, rotation speed, and tilt by Dr James O'Donoghue x.com/physicsJ/statu…
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29. The largest known primate The Gigantopithecus, which stood 10 feet tall and weighed over 500 pounds, lived from approximately 2 million to 300,000–200,000 years ago.
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30. The Sagrada Família, the largest unfinished Catholic Church in the world. Antoni Gaudí's masterpiece is set to be completed in 2026, a remarkable 144 years after construction began.
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James Lucas@JamesLucasIT · Sep 3, 2024
Thread on the real size of things 🧵 1. Titanic compared to a modern cruise ship