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by GrumpyNl 2484 days ago
Isnt the number 14,146 enough, why print 14.146 hamburger icons?
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Its a lot more informative to scroll and comprehend the size of the number
That's why i love putting sizes into Wolfram Alpha, it gives you various alternative measurements like "football fields" so it's often easier to comprehend
If each McDonalds were the size of a football field, then every McDonalds laid end to end would span the length of 14,146 football fields.
If you lined all the drive-throughs end to end would it get to the moon and back?

Edit: not even close. You'd need a little under 2mi of drive through per location to get to the moon

Really makes you think
Haha
A scrolling visualization to show the sheer number of things reminds me of this youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J6BQDKiYyM