How much kale would be needed to provide enough calories for a person for an entire year? (Thanks to Michael Briggs and Beverly Sher of William & Mary for suggesting the question.)
How much angular momentum did Hurricane Florence have when it hit land?
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For more Fermi questions and answers, see Guesstimation 2.0: Solving Today’s Problems on the Back of a Napkin, by Lawrence Weinstein (Princeton University Press, 2012).
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