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Capacity of a cup

Capacity of a cup (0.25 L)

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Capacity of a cup (0.25 L)

  • is 1/4000 of Capacity of a large domestic water butt (1,000 L)...more
  • is 1/40 of Capacity of a typical household bucket (10 L)...more
  • is 1/20 of Volume of blood in an average human body (5 L)...more

If this was a standard unit ...

Is That A Big Number? - The Book

Yes, there's now a book based on these numbers. Oxford University Press: July 2018.

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