David Thornley wrote:
In article ,
James Hart wrote:

Brett wrote:

"James Hart" wrote:

It's an often mentioned piece of trivia but you could fit the entire
population of the world on the Isle of Wight if they were to all
stand up shoulder to shoulder. I'd like to see it proved

About 6.3B people on 135 square miles - so they would each get about
0.6 square feet to stand in.

Maybe it only works when the tides's out, or the tall people stand in the
sea.


Last I heard something like that, the world population was more like
three billion,

More like six IIRC

which gives over one square foot per person, which
should be enough on the average. (I have big feet.)

On the other hand, I used to get mild claustrophobia attacks now and
then in large crowds, so if you don't mind I'll bow out of the
experiment.

Agreed

John