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Standard Bathtub

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Standard Bathtub

150 liters of questionable life decisions and rubber ducks/Everyday Objects

A standard bathtub holds about 300 liters of water (0.3 cubic meters), weighs roughly 80 kg empty if made of cast iron or acrylic, and is about 1.5 meters long. Bathtubs have been around since at least 1700 BCE — the Minoans had them in Crete. Archimedes famously had his eureka moment in one, discovering the principle of buoyancy and allegedly running through the streets of Syracuse naked.

Measurements

Length1.5 m
1.41Hurdle heights
500 millionthsAirport runway lengths
136Shirt buttons

Standard adult bathtub

Water capacity3 tenths m³
6 millionRaindrops
1 trillionPollen grain volumes

About 300 liters when full

Empty weight (cast iron)80 kg
160 billionParamecia
13.3 billionthsGreat Pyramids of Giza

Cast iron tub; acrylic ones weigh much less

Width7 tenths m
9.46Baseball diameters
3.5 hundredthsWindmill heights
1.94Hip widths

About 70 cm wide

Depth4 tenths m
7.02House keys
3.7 tenthsHurdle heights
1.33Lily pad diameters

About 40 cm deep

Weight when full of water380 kg
126,667Hummingbirds
380 trillionSkin cells

Empty tub plus 300 kg of water

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