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To: Kartographer

Now that’s what I call snail mail đŸ¤ª


4 posted on 01/08/2022 12:42:38 PM PST by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: NWFree
Now that’s what I call snail mail

I was curious so I looked it up.

The fastest snail in the world can travel 6.5 inches per minute. The distance from Berlin to Boston is 3788 miles, as the snail crawls. So the fastest snail in the world can cover this distance in 70.2 years.

Depending on the exact locations of mail drop and receipt, and within the error of the measured speed of the snail, 76 years could be exactly how long it would have taken a fast snail to deliver this letter!

14 posted on 01/08/2022 1:10:09 PM PST by cockroach_magoo
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