Tuesday, January 29, 2008

snail > mr. postman

postal delivery's literally slower than snails in poland.

michal szybalski, an IT worker, received a letter on january 3rd that was sent on december 20th as priority mail, and calculated that a snail would've made it to his house faster.

michal's calculations:
distance between sender and home is 11.1km
294 hours for the letter to arrive at his home

speed of the letter: 0.03775km/hr
speed of common garden snail: 0.048km/hr

GOOO SNAILS!

full story: http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN2423750920080124

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