Factastic #2 - 10/7/12

[Harris06]

7.5 million toothpicks can be created from a cord of wood.

[aneela]

wow

[Charizma77]

Good to know...lol

[Harris06]

I knew that you were probably worried about a toothpick shortage. haha

Quoting Charizma77:

Good to know...lol

[meglennox]

....how big is a cord of wood?

[mommythree0508]

 wow

[Mrs.Andrews]

That's a lot of toothpicks.

[BabyTeki]

Wow

[.Angelica.]

this fact would probably be more impressive if I knew this information. LOL

Quoting meglennox:

....how big is a cord of wood?

[.Angelica.]

i was curious and looked it up.

A cord is the amount of wood that, when "ranked and well stowed" (arranged so pieces are aligned, parallel, touching and compact), occupies a volume of 128 cubic feet (3.62 m³).^[1] This corresponds to a well stacked woodpile 4 feet (122 cm) wide, 4 feet (122 cm) high, and 8 feet (244 cm) long; or any other arrangement of linear measurements that yields the same volume.

Quoting meglennox:

....how big is a cord of wood?

[meglennox]

 see, now that makes more sense lol ;)  that is a lot of toothpicks!

Quoting .Angelica.:

i was curious and looked it up.

A cord is the amount of wood that, when "ranked and well stowed" (arranged so pieces are aligned, parallel, touching and compact), occupies a volume of 128 cubic feet (3.62 m³).^[1] This corresponds to a well stacked woodpile 4 feet (122 cm) wide, 4 feet (122 cm) high, and 8 feet (244 cm) long; or any other arrangement of linear measurements that yields the same volume.

Quoting meglennox:

....how big is a cord of wood?