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It's about one-three-thousand-five-hundredth as big as Spaceship Earth (EPCOT Center)
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The size of Spaceship Earth (EPCOT Center) is about 1,800,000 firkins.
(a.k.a. EPCOT Center) (Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista and Bay Lake, Florida) (total structure volume)
Spaceship Earth, the iconic structure at the heart of Walt Disney World Resort's Epcot (formerly EPCOT Center), has a total volume of 1,800,000 firkins. The outer structure of the sphere features a gutter system that channels all rainwater into nearby World Showcase Lagoon instead of simply falling off the surface of the sphere.
It's about one-five-thousandth as big as Royal Albert Hall
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The size of Royal Albert Hall is about 2,543,000 firkins.
(a.k.a. Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences) (Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom) (total auditorium volume)
Royal Albert Hall measures 2,543,000 firkins in total auditorium volume. One of the centerpieces of the Hall is the Grand Organ — the second-largest organ in the United Kingdom, with 10,268 speaking pipes reaching up to 9.8 m (32 ft) in height.
It's about 9,000 times as big as a Human Stomach
The size of a Human Stomach is about 0.06 firkins.
(human; adult)
An average adult human stomach has a volume of about 0.06 firkins. A newborn baby has a stomach capacity of just 0.0009 firkins.
It's about 10,000 times as big as an Ostrich Egg
The size of an Ostrich Egg is about 0.0479 firkins.
(Struthio camelus) (for common ostrich; average)
The largest egg produced by living birds, ostrich eggs measure about 0.04696 firkins in volume. The eggs take about nine weeks to hatch, with males and females taking turns incubating them.
It's about 30,000 times as big as a STARBUCKS Venti Coffee
The size of a STARBUCKS Venti Coffee is about 0.017 firkins.
A STARBUCKS Venti coffee drink measures 0.017 firkins. The name of the size, Venti, is the Italian word for twenty.
It's about 30,000 times as big as a Blood Donation
The size of a Blood Donation is about 0.01 firkins.
(American Red Cross donation volume)
The typical donation amount when giving blood is about 0.01 firkins. Donated quantities of blood typically have a viable shelf life of about 42 days.
It's about 50,000 times as big as a Baseball (packed)
The size of a Baseball (packed) is about 0.0096484507 firkins.
(64% packing density) (MLB rules)
Per Major League Baseball rules, a baseball must measure between about 0.0059213679 firkins and 0.006428649 firkins. A major league pitcher can throw a fastball at up to 150 kph (91 mph).
It's about one-seventy-thousandth as big as The Houston Astrodome
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The size of The Houston Astrodome is about 35,000,000 firkins.
(a.k.a. Reliant Astrodome, a.k.a. Astrodome, a.k.a. Harris County Domed Stadium) (Houston, Texas)
The Reliant Astrodome measures 35,000,000 firkins in total volume. Until its renovation in 1988, Roy "The Judge" Hofheinz, the franchise owner of the Houston Colt .45s (later the Houston Astros) and one of the Astrodome's developers, had a private 966 sq. m (10,400 sq. ft) apartment in the facility.
It's about 80,000 times as big as a Baseball
The size of a Baseball is about 0.00617500843 firkins.
(MLB rules)
Per Major League Baseball rules, a baseball must measure between about 0.005921367876 firkins and 0.006428648985 firkins. A major league pitcher can throw a baseball at up to 150 kph (91 mph) in a fastball pitch.
It's about one-one-hundred-thousandth as big as The Melbourne Cricket Ground
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The size of The Melbourne Cricket Ground is about 50,000,000 firkins.
(a.k.a. MCG, a.k.a. "The G") (Yarra Park, melbourne, Victoria, Australia) (internal volume)
The MCG has an internal volume of approximately 50,000,000 firkins. The first cricket game held on the site of the MCG was in 1853 when the Melbourne Cricket Club was granted permission to a roughly 0.04 sq. km (10-acre) area to be used "for cricket and no other purpose."
It's about 100,000 times as big as a Tennis Ball
The size of a Tennis Ball is about 0.004623 firkins.
(ITF Standard; for Type 2 ball)
Per International Tennis Federation standard, regulation tennis balls must measure 6.54 cm to 6.86 cm in diameter, for a total volume of 0.004623 firkins. Competition balls are also tested for bounce height, with the standards requiring that a ball dropped from 254 cm must bounce back to a height of 135 cm to 147 cm.
It's about one-one-hundred-fifty-thousandth as big as The Great Pyramid of Giza
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The size of The Great Pyramid of Giza is about 71,256,420 firkins.
(a.k.a. Pyramid of Khufu, a.k.a. Pyramid of Cheops) (Cairo, Egypt) (including internal hillock)
The Great Pyramid of Giza has an estimated volume of 71,256,420 firkins including its internal hillock. The 2,300,000 stones used in the construction of the pyramid weighed an average 2.27 metric tons (2.06 short tons) and were quarried at distances of up to 805 km (500 mi) away.
It's about 150,000 times as big as a Hockey Puck
The size of a Hockey Puck is about 0.003399992049 firkins.
(Ice hockey)
standard ice hockey puck measures about 0.003399992049 firkins. Hockey pucks can be shot or passed at speeds of up to 160 kph (99 mph) during games.
It's about 250,000 times as big as an Egg
The size of an Egg is about 0.002 firkins.
(hen; USDA large size; uncooked)
A typical egg — of large size as defined by the United State Department of Agriculture — has a volume of 0.002 firkins. Each year, American farms produce 69,000,000,000 eggs.
It's about 250,000 times as big as a Golf Ball (packed)
The size of a Golf Ball (packed) is about 0.00186591564 firkins.
(64% packing density) (per R&A-USGA Rules of Golf)
Dictated by the Rules of Golf (as approved by the United States Golf Association and the Rules Committee of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of Saint Andrews), a golf ball must have a volume of at least 0.00119417509 firkins. Golf balls are not required to have the familiar dimpled pattern, but the design has been popular since its invention in 1905 because it reduces drag while increasing lift.
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