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Re:Snails' teeth beats spider silk as nature's strongest mat... by bell-cot on Friday July 10, 2026 @01:48PM (#48863029)
Understandable, with how many there are to pick from, and the wiggle room in the longest ones -

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/As...

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Re:Snails' teeth beats spider silk as nature's strongest mat... by kulahan on Friday July 10, 2026 @04:40PM (#48864944)
OP is talking about a football field, not a soccer field. It’s a common joke in America that things have to be measured in football terms.

In the “for what it’s worth” department, Brits called it soccer too. I have no idea why they swapped to football recently.

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Re:Snails' teeth beats spider silk as nature's strongest mat... by necovek on Friday July 10, 2026 @11:55PM (#48868577)
What's the size of football fields in use for the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) World Cup happening in USA (among others) right now?
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Re:Snails' teeth beats spider silk as nature's strongest mat... by kulahan on Saturday July 11, 2026 @03:55AM (#48869814)
You should ask the person I replied to - they already posted soccer field sizes.
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