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It's about 3,000 times as big as a Blood Donation
The size of a Blood Donation is about 0.06 pecks.
(American Red Cross donation volume)
The typical donation amount when giving blood is about 0.06 pecks. Donated quantities of blood typically have a viable shelf life of about 42 days.
It's about 4,000 times as big as a Baseball (packed)
The size of a Baseball (packed) is about 0.037312021 pecks.
(64% packing density) (MLB rules)
Per Major League Baseball rules, a baseball must measure between about 0.022898827 pecks and 0.02486056 pecks. A major league pitcher can throw a fastball at up to 150 kph (91 mph).
It's about one-four-thousand-five-hundredth as big as The Goodyear Blimp
The size of The Goodyear Blimp is about 652,000 pecks.
(for GZ-20A)
The Goodyear GZ-20 model Blimp measures 652,000 pecks in total volume. A December, 1929 college football game between the University of Florida Gators and the University of Oregon Webfoots (later the University of Oregon Ducks) began with the blimp dropping a parachute-equipped ball from a height of 61 m (200 ft) to the field below.
It's about 6,500 times as big as a Baseball
The size of a Baseball is about 0.02387969332 pecks.
(MLB rules)
Per Major League Baseball rules, a baseball must measure between about 0.02289882686 pecks and 0.02486055978 pecks. A major league pitcher can throw a baseball at up to 150 kph (91 mph) in a fastball pitch.
It's about 8,500 times as big as a Tennis Ball
The size of a Tennis Ball is about 0.01788 pecks.
(ITF Standard; for Type 2 ball)
Per International Tennis Federation standard, regulation tennis balls must measure 6.54 cm to 6.86 cm in diameter, for a total volume of 0.01788 pecks. Competition balls are also tested for bounce height, with the standards requiring that a ball dropped from 254 cm must bounce back to a height of 135 cm to 147 cm.
It's about 10,000 times as big as a Hockey Puck
The size of a Hockey Puck is about 0.01314828446 pecks.
(Ice hockey)
standard ice hockey puck measures about 0.01314828446 pecks. Hockey pucks can be shot or passed at speeds of up to 160 kph (99 mph) during games.
It's about one-twenty-thousandth as big as The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
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The size of The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is about 2,910,000 pecks.
(Washington, D.C.)
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool holds approximately 2,890,000 pecks of water. The Pool has a sloping bottom and extends to 80 cm (30 in) deep in its center.
It's about 20,000 times as big as an Egg
The size of an Egg is about 0.0077 pecks.
(hen; USDA large size; uncooked)
A typical egg — of large size as defined by the United State Department of Agriculture — has a volume of 0.0077 pecks. Each year, American farms produce 69,000,000,000 eggs.
It's about 20,000 times as big as a Golf Ball (packed)
The size of a Golf Ball (packed) is about 0.00721577851 pecks.
(64% packing density) (per R&A-USGA Rules of Golf)
Dictated by the Rules of Golf (as approved by the United States Golf Association and the Rules Committee of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of Saint Andrews), a golf ball must have a volume of at least 0.00461805602 pecks. Golf balls are not required to have the familiar dimpled pattern, but the design has been popular since its invention in 1905 because it reduces drag while increasing lift.
It's about one-thirty-thousandth as big as The US Capitol Rotunda
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The size of The US Capitol Rotunda is about 4,200,000 pecks.
(formally United States Capitol rotunda) (Washington, D. C.) (total chamber volume)
The Capitol rotunda measures 4,200,000 pecks in total volume. Beneath the Capitol lies a crypt that was built to hold the remains of President George Washington, but according to his wishes, Washington was entered at his family home and the crypt remains empty.
It's about 35,000 times as big as a Golf Ball
The size of a Golf Ball is about 0.0046180982 pecks.
(per R&A-USGA Rules of Golf)
According to the Rules of Golf (as approved by the United States Golf Association and the Rules Committee of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of Saint Andrews), a golf ball must have a volume of at least 0.004618056 pecks. Golf balls are not required to have the familiar dimpled pattern, but the design has been popular since its invention in 1905 because it reduces drag while increasing lift.
It's about 40,000 times as big as a Marshmallow
The size of a Marshmallow is about 0.004 pecks.
A regular marshmallow measures about 0.003 pecks. In the 1984 movie Ghostbusters, a monster known as the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man was a fictional mascot of a marshmallow company, brought to life by supernatural forces and made gigantic — measuring 34.3 m tall in this form.
It's about one-forty-five-thousandth as big as Spaceship Earth (EPCOT Center)
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The size of Spaceship Earth (EPCOT Center) is about 7,000,000 pecks.
(a.k.a. EPCOT Center) (Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista and Bay Lake, Florida) (total structure volume)
Spaceship Earth, the iconic structure at the heart of Walt Disney World Resort's Epcot (formerly EPCOT Center), has a total volume of 7,000,000 pecks. The outer structure of the sphere features a gutter system that channels all rainwater into nearby World Showcase Lagoon instead of simply falling off the surface of the sphere.
It's about one-sixty-five-thousandth as big as Royal Albert Hall
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The size of Royal Albert Hall is about 9,836,000 pecks.
(a.k.a. Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences) (Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom) (total auditorium volume)
Royal Albert Hall measures 9,836,000 pecks in total auditorium volume. One of the centerpieces of the Hall is the Grand Organ — the second-largest organ in the United Kingdom, with 10,268 speaking pipes reaching up to 9.8 m (32 ft) in height.
It's about 150,000 times as big as a Gumball (packed)
The size of a Gumball (packed) is about 0.0011 pecks.
(64% packing density) (commercial-grade vending machine standard size)
The standard size gumball for a commercial grade vending machine has a volume of 0.001 pecks. Walter Diemer, an accountant at the Fleer Company in Philadelphia, is the man responsible for bubblegum's traditional pink color, as pink was the only food coloring in the company's factory when he made his first successful batch of gum.
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