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It is headed towards the earth at the speed of an unladen European swallow since we're using esoteric measurements now.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 28 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (7 children)

Ok who the fuck is coming up with these size comparisons ?!what the fuck is 6 peacocks like are they adult peacocks? are they male or female? So many variables. Also funny they have actual numbers for size in the article

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago

The article does specify. Six adult male Indian peacocks

As for who came up with it uhhhh... *opens peacock tail as a distraction*

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