Length 0:36How long does sunlight take to reach each planet?
36 secondsScience & space
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Size is the kind of number intuition handles worst. A figure for the Sun's volume or a country's area is correct and still means nothing until it is set against something familiar.
These clips do that setting: how many of one thing fit inside another, how long light takes to cross the gap, how the tallest buildings stack up against the oldest.
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Length 0:3636 secondsScience & space
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Length 0:3636 secondsScience & space
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Length 0:4545 secondsTravel & places
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Length 0:4040 secondsWorld & countries
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Length 0:3535 secondsTravel & places