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Long Island man wearing 9kg-metal necklace dies after being sucked into MRI machine (www.independent.co.uk)

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[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Can you convert that to tennis balls? I can't do this math on my own

[–] ReiRose@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago

The only units I understand are bananas or bald eagles. Please adjust accordingly

[–] ebolapie@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Somewhere between 150 and 160, depending on the tennis balls. Hope this helps

https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=9kg+%2F+mass+of+a+tennis+ball

Edit: Additionally, that's about 63½ European swallows, assuming an average weight of 5 ounces. Given that a European swallow must beat its wings 43 times per second to maintain airspeed velocity, it'd be a proper racket.

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Those numbers are from monty python and the holy grail and are very wrong. I am spreading misinformation online.

[–] PostProcess@lemmy.world 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

And if it's an African swallow?

[–] ebolapie@lemmy.world 10 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Not covered in the film and I refuse to get my information anywhere other than Monty Python. The mass of an african swallow is therefore unknowable.

[–] PostProcess@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

It's a fair cop

[–] ReiRose@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

Society is to blame

[–] beejboytyson@lemmy.world 4 points 23 hours ago

I'm upset that I can only like this once.

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 10 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

It's seventy-nine sticks of butter, plus a pat or two

[–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Aka 6 "knobs," according to Gordon Ramsey.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 21 hours ago

aka "the bare minimum"

[–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

I used robots and the answer was 160 tennis balls, which is actually much less than I expected.