Ballpark — August 26, 2026
Answers to that day's 5 daily estimation questions.
Storage capacity of a single human brain
2.5 petabytes
Estimated based on synaptic connections.
Weight of a Major League Baseball
5 ounces
Must be between 5 and 5.25 ounces.
Characters in a standard tweet (pre-expansion)
140 characters
Based on the original SMS limit.
Elevation of the Dead Sea
1,412 feet below sea level
Sinking roughly 3 feet per year.
Length of the Panama Canal
50 miles
Takes roughly 8-10 hours to transit.