Scientists have calculated how many ants there are. So big it’s ‘unimaginable.’ (opens in new tab)

(washingtonpost.com)

14 pointsMDWolinski3y ago3 comments

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bell-cot3y ago· 1 in thread

Spoiler: the number is a bit less than 2e16.

Since we've already got the "mole" as a unit (more-or-less) at ~6.022e23, perhaps we should also have the "ant" as a unit...

Fits in a 64-bit int, though I can't say I fully comprehend such a number I can imagine it being so.

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