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I was looking through some old vacation pictures and came across this one. It sure gives a perspective on how big these trees are.

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[–] kautau@lemmy.world 45 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

Fun fact, General Sherman (the biggest tree on earth by volume) is officially measured in baths. This is an actual sign at the ~~state~~ national park

[–] jonkenator@lemmy.world 39 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Come on… American units are entirely absurd but this sign clearly displays both cubic feet and cubic meters.

These numbers are difficult to conceptualize so they’re accompanied by number of baths for context. Nothing official about baths.

[–] illegible@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 week ago

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