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Date: 30 November 2006 22:42:34
I know it really feels like it but now it's been proved mathematically. IKEA is really more crowded than Hell. Using Dante's masterpiece, "The Divine Comedy" as a guide (and assuming that everyone who has ever lived is in Hell,), Gary Rimmer calculates that each denizen of hell has at least 38.45 square metres of space. The average amount of space each person has during an afternoon in IKEA is about 20 square metres of space; that's about as crowded as Jakarta, but more crowded than Hell!
He also calculates that annually, the British consume 3,221.5 metric tonnes of caffeine from tea. Weight for weight this is apparently about 4 times the global production of cocaine.
He also discusses such questions as - how much chocolate could you legitimately swap your boyfriend for, and how many Olympic sized swimming pools would be needed to contain all the eyeballs in the world. I know you've always wondered about that one!
This is all from the book "Number Freaking. The surreal sums behind everyday life." I've bought it for my cousin for Christmas and I'd recommend it to anyone who likes Maths or the bizzarre or both.