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[–] NoxAstrum@lemmy.ca 84 points 5 days ago (5 children)

I don't think this is possible. As far as I know, osmium is the densest element. A 355 cc chunk of osmium would only be about eight kilograms. I'm not sure what mass a baby elephant has, but I'm going to assume three of them would be well above eight kilos.

[–] Bezier@suppo.fi 54 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Nah, the drink is just american sized

It's "child-sized".

[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

It contains 300kg of sugar, or for the Americans here, about 3 baby elephants of sugar.

[–] devfuuu@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

best explanation so far.

[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 30 points 5 days ago

The article writer got things confused. The meteor is the size of Dr Hans Pepper, not the soft drink Dr Pepper.

[–] Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 5 days ago

It's probably some stupid way of describing it's inertia

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Can confirm, am American and three baby elephants are way heavier than whatever communist unit a "kilo" is.

[–] 30p87@feddit.org 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Sounds like some made-up British nonsense to me, like the stone. Can you rephrase in slugs?

[–] 7uWqKj@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

IIRC elephants are born at 100 kg.