Glossary
Modes of Transportation
Bear CrawlAverage Speed: 7.14 ft/s (4.87 mph)Value based on me bear crawling for 50 feet (video not included). |
BroomstickAverage Speed: 150 mphValue based on the upper speed of the Nimbus Firebolt. Accio! |
Hang GliderAverage Speed: 35 mphValue assumes you started your journey airborne. |
HeelysAverage Speed: 5 mphValue is a conservative estimate of cruising speed. |
HorsebackAverage Speed: 37 mphValue based on the average speed of a thoroughbred Kentucky Derby racehorse. |
MoonwalkAverage Speed: 2.63 m/s (5.89 mph)Value based on the Guinness World Record for fastest 100 meter moonwalk. |
Pogo StickAverage Speed: 0.13 mi/min (7.82 mph)Value based on the Guinness World Record for fastest mile on a pogo stick. |
SkateboardAverage Speed: 8 mphValue based on overlap of skateboard and longboard cruising speeds. |
TeleportationAverage Speed: ∞ mphDo teleporters need Google Maps? |
UnicycleAverage Speed: 15 mphValue assumes rider is not a trained Russian bear. |
Measures of Time
Bag of PopcornTime: 4 minValue assumes popcorn is Orville Redenbacher's and microwave is set to high. |
Dog YearTime: 0.25 yrs (1,314,000 min)Value based on mode of dog year lengths for a medium-sized dog. |
Lord of the Rings TrilogyTime: 11 hr, 20 min (681 min)Value assumes the fellowship makes no stops for bathroom breaks. |
Martian HourTime: 61.62 min2.7% longer than an hour on Earth. |
MilleniumTime: 1,000 yrs (5.256x10^8 min)Good for naming generations, bridges, and falcons after. |
SecondTime: 1 Mississippi (0.017 min)Ironically the third unit shown on a clock. |
Seinfeld EpisodeTime: 22 min**Slap bass intensifies** |
Skyrim PlaythroughTime: 36 hrs, 43 min (2203 min)Value assumes you complete the main storyline on PC, the only legitimate platform. |
Measures of Distance
Boeing 747Length: 250 ft, 2 in (250.17 ft)Value is based on the Boeing 747-8, the latest and largest in the 747 family. |
Burj KhalifaLength: 829.8 m (2,722 ft)The tallest building in the world. Value is based on height of the spire. |
Death StarLength: 120 km (393,701 ft)That's no moon... it's the diameter of the Death Star I. |
Eiffel TowerLength: 324 m (1,063 ft)Value is based on height of the spire. That's over 400 baguettes tall! |
Football FieldLength: 100 yds (300 ft)Yes, I'm referring to American Football. No, not the band. |
FurlongLength: 220 yd (660 ft)Horseplay encouraged. |
KanyeLength: 5 ft, 7 in (5.58 ft)Value assumes Estelle can be trusted. Equivalent to 1.799x10^-16 ultralight-years. |
LeagueLength: 4 km (13,123.4 ft)Value is based on the metric league, for Captain Nemo's benefit. |
Light-yearLength: 9.46x10^12 km (3.104x10^16 ft)Value assumes light uses the Julian calendar. |
Rhode IslandLength: 48 mi (253,440 ft)The smallest U.S. state. Value is based on the distance from the northern to southern border. |
Semi-TruckLength: 72 ftValue is based on the average length of a tractor-trailer in the U.S. |
SmootLength: 1.67 m (5.48 ft)Value is based on the recalibrated Smoot (give or take an ear). |
$5 Footlong (Pre-2013)Length: 11 in (0.92 ft)It was the sub heard 'round the world. Australian man and voice of the oppressed Matt Corby took on Subway in what future historians will undoubtedly look back upon as the case of the century. |
$5 Footlong (Post-2013)Length: 12 in (1 ft)Sweeping sandwich reform brought the size regulation we so desperately needed. Too bad the subs cost $6 now. |