Jan 23
How Much Ink is in a Sharpie, How Much Aluminum is in a Soda Can, What Does a Million Bucks Weigh, and Other Materials Mysteries
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Have you ever wondered exactly how much aluminum a soda can contains? Or exactly how many CDs you could label with a Sharpie? Or whether 360-thread-count sheets actually have 360 threads per inch?
Wonder no more. Since 1998, California-based Rob Cockerham has been periodically updating his “How Much is Inside?” website by conducting (admittedly unscientific) experiments to answer the questions above. Said experiments range from straightforward—magnifying and painstakingly counting the threads in a sheet—to sideways approaches, like weighing a soda can and comparing it to the equivalent weight of sheets of aluminum foil to calculate how many cans one could make out of a roll.
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