[REQUEST] If all the humans on earth jumped into the nearest ocean how much would the water rise?

Input interpretation

(average volume of human body/(person) world | population)/oceans | area

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Result

3596 L/mi^2  (liters per mile squared)  (2013 estimate)

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Unit conversions

5.467×10^-5 inches

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Input interpretation

all countries, dependencies, and territories | child population  (0-15 years)

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Summary

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Child population (0-15 years) map

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Distribution plots

(child population  (0-15 years) in thousands of people)

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Input interpretation

1.21 µm  (micrometers)

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Unit conversions

1.21×10^-6 meters

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Comparisons as length

 ~~ 0.3 × baker's yeast length (~~ 4 µm )

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Comparison as thickness

 ~~ (1.2 to 1.5) × human red blood cell minimum thickness ( 0.8 to 1 µm )

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Comparison as radius

 ~~ (0.2 to 2.4) × radius of a typical bacterium ( 0.5 diameters of a typical bacterium )

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Comparisons as diameter

 ~~ (0.1 to 1.2) × diameter of a typical bacterium ( 1×10^-6 to 1×10^-5 m )

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Comparison as distance

 ~~ 6 × limit of a light microscope's resolution (~~ 2×10^-7 m )

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Comparisons as electromagnetic radiation wavelength

 ~~ ( 0.001 ~~ 1/830 ) × wavelength limit of radio waves (~~ 0.001 m )

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Comparisons as light wavelength

 ~~ 0.93 × light wavelength of a chemical iodine laser (~~ 1300 nm )

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Comparison as caliper

 ~~ ( 0.01 ~~ 1/84 ) × thickness of typical copy paper (~~ 0.004 in )

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Electromagnetic frequency range

IR-A  (infrared)  |  NIR  (near infrared) 

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Interpretations

length

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Corresponding quantities

Light travel time t in vacuum from t = x/c:
  | 4 fs  (femtoseconds)

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