Blue Whale: The World's Most Versatile Measuring Stick?

Posted: 2025-04-16 21:31:45 UTC

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A reader proposed a new unit of data using a blue whale as a measuring stick, but the maths has some quibbles.

New unit of data

Blue whale as a measuring stick

Mathematical inconsistencies

Mathematical inconsistencies in the proposed unit of data