12 Surprising Size Comparisons (That Show Us We Have No Idea How Big Anything Is)
Maps can be very deceptive.
![12 Surprising Size Comparisons (That Show Us We Have No Idea How Big Anything Is)](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/4/7/802647_320x180.jpg)
You think you understand the relative size of the things …. and then you learn a traffic light is over four feet tall. Our eyes, simplified infographics, maps, and distance have a way of tricking us into misunderstanding the world around us. Here are 12 things that made us reconsider our judgment of size.
![YOU COULD FIT ALL THE PLANETS BETWEEN THE EARTH AND THE MOON When the moon is farthest from Earth, the distance between Earth and the Moon is so large that all the other planets in the solar system could fit in between them comfortably. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/1/2/802612.jpg)
Source: Slate
![BLUE WHALES EJACULATE ENOUGH SPERM TO OVERFILL A WATERCOOLER One researcher estimated a whale produces 5.4 gallons of sperm with each ejaculation. The largest blue whale testicle ever found was over 30 gallons. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/1/1/802611.jpg)
Source: BuzzFeed News
![GIANT SQUIDS' EYES ARE BIGGER THAN BASKETBALLS Scientists believe they may have giant eyes to help them detect their giant predator, the sperm whale, while in the darkness of underwater. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/0/6/802606.jpg)
Source: NPR
![100,000, 000 ATOMS IN A ROW WOULD BE ABOUT THE WIDTH OF YOUR FINGERNAIL An average atom is about 10-10 meters. For comparision, if the same number of standard pencils were laid end-to-end, they would wrap around the Earth's equator more than 47 times. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/9/7/802497.jpg)
Source: CUNY
![IF FLEAS WERE AS TALL AS PEOPLE, THEY COULD JUMP OVER 15 CARS And that's bumper to bumper. Fleas can jump 38 times their body length. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/0/4/802604.jpg)
Source: New York Times
![HUMAN EGG CELLS ARE ABOUT AS WIDE AS A STRAND OF HAIR IS THICK The egg cell is the largest of the cells in the body. It can be seen without a microscope. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/7/1/802571.jpg)
Source: CBS News
![1.3 MILLION EARTHS COULD FIT INSIDE THE SUN That's only if we squashed all the Earths in, but if they retained their sphere shape, if only about 960,000 would fit. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/9/8/802398.jpg)
Source: Perot Museum
![THE QUETZALCOATLUS WAS AS TALL AS A GIRAFFE Quetzakoatlus northroge Quetzalcoatius so The Quetzalcoatlus is the largest known flying animal. It was a pterosaur with a wingspan of around 33 feet. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/5/9/802459.jpg)
Source: Wired
![RUSSIA IS ABOUT THE SAME SIZE AS PLUTO Pluto's surface area is 17,646,012 km2, compared to Russia's 17,098,2 246 km2. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/2/9/802329.jpg)
![A BLUE WHALE'S HEART IS ABOUT AS TALL AS A SHORT PERSON A blue whale's heart is about 4 feet wide by 5 feet long by 5 feet tall. It weighs about 400 pounds. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/2/0/802420.jpg)
Source: National Geographic
![THERE ARE ABOUT 1,300,0 000 ANTS PER PERSON There are an estimated 10.000.000.000.000.000 ants in the world. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/0/5/802605.jpg)
Source: Gizmodo
![AUSTRALIA IS WIDER THAN THE MOON The moon has more square area, but Australia is almost 4000 kilometres, compared to the Moon's 3,475 km. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/2/8/802328.jpg)
Source: Australian Government and NASA