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+# Droppings
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+#
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+# If you went outside and lay down on your back with your mouth open, how long
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+# would you have to wait until a bird pooped in it?
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+#
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+# https://what-if.xkcd.com/11/
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+
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+@aliases(birds)
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+unit bird
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+unit mouth
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+unit poop
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+
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+let earth_radius = 6371 km
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+
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+let frequency = (300 billion birds / 4 pi earth_radius^2) × (1 poop / bird / hour) × (16 hours / day) × (1 mouth / poop) × (15 cm^2 / mouth)
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+let period = 1 / frequency
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+print(period -> years)
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