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by no_butterscotch 1075 days ago
> It's paywalled then on but I assume it's also enough rock to bury Dubai to the height of Burj Khalifa.

Haha lol. These comparisons are always strange when I read them or see them in documentaries. "That's enough X to stretch all the way to the moon and back!"

In other words it's a lot. "No you don't understand! It's not just a lot! It's enough that if unraveled it could stretch around the Earth 10 times!!!"