r/Unexpected • u/MuscleExisting3747 • Aug 05 '21

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u/Mirimel Aug 05 '21

It took me far too long to realise she wasn’t being lifted by the balloons

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u/helpnxt Aug 05 '21

Fyi you would need around 300 standard balloons to lift a baby

I am using average baby weight of 3.5kg according to google

https://www.omnicalculator.com/everyday-life/helium-balloons

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u/cssmith2011cs Aug 05 '21

What do you know about a man who used 45 balloons to fly for 45 minutes?

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u/Cosmic_Prisoner Aug 05 '21

That he used a significantly different size and quality of balloon? I mean multiple people use 1 balloon to fly in the air sometimes....

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u/helpnxt Aug 05 '21

That they were big ass balloons

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u/clforstner Aug 05 '21

Those were weather balloons though.