Scale Facts

When considering magnitudes logarithmically, a typical speck of dust visible floating in the air is approximately the geometric mean in size between the Earth and a subatomic particle like a proton.

If a man could run as fast for his size as an ant can, he could run as fast as a racehorse.

A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.

There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.