The funniest part about this is either they chose to specifically look up the length of a school bus to write this article or they just happen to be a school bus enthusiast excited to share their random school bus facts.
this post was submitted on 04 May 2026
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Anything But Metric
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Americans will use anything but metric
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Americans, are you ok?
No. Not at all.
I had to convert that to bananas. About 7,000 7-inchers. Or 4000 ft long hot dogs.
Now it makes sense.
Well obviously the buses are a stand-in for the Finnish trams. School buses are the closest thing to public transit that exists in parts of the US.
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that is the community you're in, yes
How many football pitches is that?
- Approximately 11 Association Football pitches
- Approximately 13 American Handegg pitches
- Approximately between 6 and 9 "Aussie Rules" Football Pitches
- Approximately 8 to 9 Gaelic Football Pitches
- 12 Canadian Football Pitches
12 rugby league fields (measured try line to try line—i.e. disregarding the in-goal area).
Thank you! I am embarrassed to have missed that one.
(I also missed Rugby Union, but I'm less bothered by that)
You also missed rugby union, but from what I can see that doesn't have a particularly standardised length? In Australia I suspect most rugby union fields are probably 100 m because they just reuse the more popular rugby league grounds. Elsewhere it's probably the same as soccer.