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...nearly as long as the length of 100 school buses in the United States, which can be around 35 to 45 feet long. (www.newsweek.com)
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Finland's longest bridge opens in Helsinki - but not for cars

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[–] 10 points 6 months ago (1 child)

The funniest part about this is either they chose to specifically look up the length of a school bus to write this article or they just happen to be a school bus enthusiast excited to share their random school bus facts.

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    • [–] [S] 15 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Americans, are you ok?

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    • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    How many football pitches is that?

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (3 children)
    • Approximately 11 Association Football pitches
    • Approximately 13 American Handegg pitches
    • Approximately between 6 and 9 "Aussie Rules" Football Pitches
    • Approximately 8 to 9 Gaelic Football Pitches
    • 12 Canadian Football Pitches
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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    12 rugby league fields (measured try line to try line—i.e. disregarding the in-goal area).

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    Thank you! I am embarrassed to have missed that one.

    (I also missed Rugby Union, but I'm less bothered by that)

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    You also missed rugby union, but from what I can see that doesn't have a particularly standardised length? In Australia I suspect most rugby union fields are probably 100 m because they just reuse the more popular rugby league grounds. Elsewhere it's probably the same as soccer.

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    • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Anything but metric

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    [–] 27 points 6 months ago

    the length of a hundred buses

    "Americans will use anything..." etc.

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    [–] 14 points 6 months ago

    "The latest project reflects a broader shift in how cities are rethinking major infrastructure—not as car-dominated corridors, but as public spaces designed around low‑carbon mobility and everyday human movement." I can get on board with this. More please. It saves lives. Here in the UK we have estimates for excess deaths from pollution in cities.

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