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Switzerland dug a hole the size of two soccer fields to install the world’s most powerful underground battery, able to output 1.2 GW within milliseconds. (www.ecoticias.com)
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[–] 66 points 5 months ago* (7 children)

I am also fascinated by the measurement “two soccer fields.” Americans largely play soccer on American football fields, so any American would just say “two football fields.” But everyone else hates calling it “soccer” and prefer to use metric rather than comparisons? This just seems like they chose all their measurements to be maximally irritating.

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  • [–] 22 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child)

    Calling it two football field would still work. Americans would think brown oblong ball field, everyone else would think black and white orb game. In in all cases they'd be thinking of essentially the same measurement.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Aren't soccer fields like 20% larger usually?

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago*

    Yeah. A lot of USLW games are played in gridiron stadiums, and the touchline is way further out than the sideline. They’re not required to be strictly uniform like gridiron, though, it’s more like a baseball diamond in that regard, so I’m not sure if they’re strictly wider, or just usually wider.

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