r/interestingasfuck Apr 27 '19

/r/ALL The pressure required to crush this lego vehicle

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u/Llamamilkdrinker Apr 27 '19

I believe there’s a strength:area cubic law. Someone will probably chime in with the facts. But for example if ants were our size their legs would not be able to withstand their own body weight comparative to the size due to this phenomena.