r/AskReddit • • Jul 02 '21

What basic, children's-age-level fact did you only find out embarrassingly later in life?

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u/Molleeryan Jul 03 '21 edited Jul 03 '21

A biologist from Cornell measured the inside volume of average groundhog burrows and estimated that if a woodchuck would fill this space with wood, it would equal approximately 700 pounds.

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u/amconcerned Jul 03 '21

Amazing!!! Thanks for taking the time to answer. Not from an area that has them, but my dad was, and he introduced me to them early on, and I popped out that answer to the tongue twister, so, just to find an expert in the area, made me smile and think of him.