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.