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Scale Side by Side
How many vending machines tall is Mount Fuji? How big a ball would all the water on Earth make? We line up things too big to imagine next to everyday objects, at the same scale, so you can see the difference.
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Episodes
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How Many Vending Machines Tall Is Mt. Fuji?
With a standard vending machine (1.83 m) as the ruler, Mt. Fuji is about 2,000 vending machines tall.
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How Big Is the Sun? From the Moon to Giant Stars at the Same Scale
The Sun is far larger than any planet — yet some stars spread out beyond Jupiter's orbit.
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How Much Water Is on Earth? One Ball, from One Liter to the Whole Planet
From a one-liter bottle to a pool, Lake Biwa, Lake Baikal, and all the water on Earth — everything becomes a ball at the same scale.
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Can Folding Paper 42 Times Really Reach the Moon?
By the thickness math, a 0.1 mm sheet reaches about 440,000 km after 42 folds, beyond the Moon.
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Which Lakes Swallow Tokyo Tower? From Biwa to Baikal, at the Same Scale
Lake Tazawa (deepest point 423.4 m) in Japan is deep enough to swallow Tokyo Tower (333 m) whole.
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Are Longer Dinosaurs Heavier? From Bicycle to Giant, at the Same Scale
Length alone does not decide weight: shorter Brachiosaurus is estimated at about 3.1 times the weight of longer Diplodocus.
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