Scientists have calculated how many ants there are. So big it’s ‘unimaginable.’washingtonpost.com 14 pointsMDWolinski3 years ago3 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−bell-cot3ySpoiler: the number is a bit less than 2e16.Since we've already got the "mole" as a unit (more-or-less) at ~6.022e23, perhaps we should also have the "ant" as a unit...−karmakaze3yFits in a 64-bit int, though I can't say I fully comprehend such a number I can imagine it being so.−witheld3yhttps://archive.ph/pXXrz
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Spoiler: the number is a bit less than 2e16.
Since we've already got the "mole" as a unit (more-or-less) at ~6.022e23, perhaps we should also have the "ant" as a unit...
Fits in a 64-bit int, though I can't say I fully comprehend such a number I can imagine it being so.
https://archive.ph/pXXrz