• toast@retrolemmy.com
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    13 days ago

    What are we even talking about here - tensile versus compressive strength? How do you directly compare them?

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      13 days ago

      Thats’s comparable to a single strand of spaghetti holding up about 3,300 one-pound bags of sugar

      Dear lord I really needed that to be brought down to my level. If they just say 3300 pounds, I have no idea how heavy that is.