What-If Numbers @whatifnumbers
Numbers I've estimated, calculated, or found while researching questions for my What If blog what-if.xkcd.com Joined January 2013-
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17: Annual cost in billions of dollars to give every cat in America, feral or domestic, a Netflix account
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0.04: Average number of people directly beneath the International Space Station at any given time
0.000000000000000019: Fraction of the Earth’s mass made up of Roombas
71.4: Neil Armstrong’s lifetime average height above the Earth’s surface in kilometers
5: Average number of dark matter molecules in a can of Campbell’s soup, if dark matter were made of the same size molecules as soup
87,500,000,000: Current world population in gallons
1,961: Number of non-librarians in the US per librarian
950: Approximate total amount of pet snake in the US, in miles
2: Minimum diameter, in centimeters, of a rope made of DNA strands that would be strong enough to lift a human
22.1: Average weight, in kilograms, of a human leg
1: Number of What If books I'm announcing today blog.xkcd.com/2014/03/12/wha…
0.000000000000000056: Growth rate of a baby in units of the speed of light
100,000,000,000,000,000,000: Approximate number of transistors in the world
10,000,000,000,000,000: Approximate number of ants in the world
20.1: Heat production, in kilowatts, of a nuclear submarine's crew.
326: Weight of a Tesla Roadster sports car measured in gallon jugs of water
1.85: Average length, in meters, of the human genome
101: Global number of civilians per soldier
119: Amount of time, in years, for which the Curiosity rover's generator could power a Nintendo Gamecube and LCD monitor
Zach Weinersmith @ZachWeiner
100K Followers 4K Following Soonish, Open Borders, Bea Wolf, and new book: A City on Mars Married to @fuschmu. @[email protected] (Support at https://t.co/xXXR5KKuTr)
Ryan North 🦖 🪄 ... @ryanqnorth
73K Followers 1K Following No longer here, find me at https://t.co/WcAmxEjXbK 🔗 https://t.co/xVeSnwOxau
“Alex” @mangopdf
16K Followers 583 Following australia's 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 hacker ✌️• hacking stories: https://t.co/CpNtyQpk5V 📝 • @purpleconnz vibe technician 💜• they/them • DMs open 👀 • [email protected]
Luke Landherr @danteshepherd
9K Followers 573 Following Northeastern ChemE teaching professor / assoc. chair of undergrad studies. My research: making educational comics! I used to make Surviving The World. They/he.
Doremus Schafer @DoremusSchafer
12K Followers 1K Following Er fortsatt innom her litegrann, men det har blitt såpass håpløst å få noe videre utbytte her at det aller meste av aktiviteten har forflyttet seg til Bluesky.
Craig Hockenberry @chockenberry
22K Followers 581 Following HE WROTE THE FIRST TWITTER APP @[email protected]
Colm Mulcahy @CardColm
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374 Followers 738 Following We didn't ask what it seems like, we asked what it IS // the thing itself and not the myth
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2 Followers 47 Following
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28 Followers 391 Following
Phantom @Phantom_657
2 Followers 42 Following
Ishika Dabas @dabas_ishika
0 Followers 2 Following
Roopesh Upadhyay @RoopeshU93041
1 Followers 59 Following
Jaime Briggs @BriggsJaim41731
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37 Followers 1K Following
Geeta George @GeethaaGeorge
4 Followers 49 Following
Vaden K. @Vaden_K_
7 Followers 86 Following Professional dumbass, amateur weeb, self-proclaimed scientist, actual gamer, artist in training, writer in purgatory, youtuber in limbo. Check out my stuff?
Deco @Deco_Xu1
11 Followers 244 Following
Audrey JvRensburg @Audrey_JvR
72 Followers 227 Following
DeeSimone @OpticksSky
1 Followers 30 Following A desire to connect and the motivation to learn how things work. Stay curious. Reposting anything that fascinates me.
Inbar @Inbar74499292
1 Followers 77 Following
Sky Tripper @SkyTripper11309
11 Followers 382 Following
Martin Milan @martin12333
155 Followers 3K Following #f8_text_file(s) (not only for PowerShell); #visual_conlangs; (and I am #survivingAntidepressants )
Tiny Stripz ❤️�... @TinyStripz
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162 Followers 224 Following
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50 Followers 1K Following
Mitja T @MitjaT2
6 Followers 61 Following
WolframAlpha queries @WA_queries
11 Followers 27 Following Interesting Wolfram|Alpha queries I stumbled upon when studying and playing. Not affiliated with Wolfram Alpha LLC.
Kanika @smashnext
2 Followers 16 Following
Zandria Smit @SmitZandri22066
0 Followers 2 Following
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32 Followers 168 Following
NEETA KARAL NAIR @neeta1785
19 Followers 87 Following
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20 Followers 620 Following 🇲🇦ⵣ // tbh twitter's been going downhill ever since they got rid of custom themes but oh man // i post my art/photos elsewhere ⬇
xyabc @388a8ef5e0d143d
3 Followers 17 Following
😅 @n0tt0dayyy
1K Followers 355 Following
Wojciech Waydel @WojciechWaydel
103 Followers 103 Following
n @gelocink
211 Followers 180 Following
Leidari Dey art and t... @leidari_art
36 Followers 114 Following Artist and traveler, living in Portugal. I post travel notes, artworks (also based on my travels) and new prints from my shop.
Qafqazlı Swanson-06.... @QafqazlS
115 Followers 1K Following The ladybug has brought Qafqazlı hope when all hope was lost, and now with losing hope again, realizes there is still hope when he sees the ladybug.
All Things In-Sync @xavier_coutinho
354 Followers 2K Following Bullshitting my way through existence. Coffee by the day,Gin by night. Events-Designer-Investor-Traveller-Innovation Sarcasm-Books-Art-Life-Plants-Animals-WEB3
dwol @dag_boy
2 Followers 348 Following
Katie Mack @AstroKatie
373K Followers 3K Following Cosmologist, pilot, author, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes. She/her. Dr. Personal account; not representing employer or anyone else.
Canadian Space Agency @csa_asc
366K Followers 1K Following The Canadian Space Agency coordinates all civil, space-related programs on behalf of the Government of Canada. Terms: https://t.co/58Nfe1GL0V (Français @asc_csa)
Chris Hadfield @Cmdr_Hadfield
2.2M Followers 204 Following Astronaut, back on Earth after 3 spaceflights. For events and media, please write to [email protected] Order books at https://t.co/Y7p3sa0MX3
Emily Lakdawalla @elakdawalla
153K Followers 2K Following Buy my art! https://t.co/N04O7cJhbB🪐 Planetary scientist, author, journalist, speaker, asteroid 274860. 🏳️🌈 Inactive here, now reside in the blue.Trends for United States
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