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How big is 6 teaspoons?

It's about nine-tenths as big as a Marshmallow
The size of a Marshmallow is about 6 teaspoons.
A regular marshmallow measures about 6 teaspoons. In the 1984 movie Ghostbusters, a monster known as the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man was a fictional mascot of a marshmallow company, brought to life by supernatural forces and made gigantic — measuring 34.3 m tall in this form.
It's about three-fourths as big as a Golf Ball
The size of a Golf Ball is about 8.25421370 teaspoons.
(per R&A-USGA Rules of Golf)
According to the Rules of Golf (as approved by the United States Golf Association and the Rules Committee of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of Saint Andrews), a golf ball must have a volume of at least 8.25413820 teaspoons. Golf balls are not required to have the familiar dimpled pattern, but the design has been popular since its invention in 1905 because it reduces drag while increasing lift.
It's about half as big as a Golf Ball (packed)
The size of a Golf Ball (packed) is about 12.89720890 teaspoons.
(64% packing density) (per R&A-USGA Rules of Golf)
Dictated by the Rules of Golf (as approved by the United States Golf Association and the Rules Committee of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of Saint Andrews), a golf ball must have a volume of at least 8.25413820 teaspoons. Golf balls are not required to have the familiar dimpled pattern, but the design has been popular since its invention in 1905 because it reduces drag while increasing lift.
It's about two-fifths as big as an Egg
The size of an Egg is about 14 teaspoons.
(hen; USDA large size; uncooked)
A typical egg — of large size as defined by the United State Department of Agriculture — has a volume of 14 teaspoons. Each year, American farms produce 69,000,000,000 eggs.
It's about three times as big as a Gumball (packed)
The size of a Gumball (packed) is about 2 teaspoons.
(64% packing density) (commercial-grade vending machine standard size)
The standard size gumball for a commercial grade vending machine has a volume of 1.80 teaspoons. Walter Diemer, an accountant at the Fleer Company in Philadelphia, is the man responsible for bubblegum's traditional pink color, as pink was the only food coloring in the company's factory when he made his first successful batch of gum.
It's about three-and-a-half times as big as a Gumball
The size of a Gumball is about 1.80 teaspoons.
(commercial-grade vending machine standard size)
The standard size gumball for a commercial grade vending machine has a volume of 1.80 teaspoons. Walter Diemer, an accountant at the Fleer Company in Philadelphia, is the man responsible for bubblegum's traditional pink color, as pink was the only food coloring in the company's factory when he made his first successful batch of gum.
It's about one-fourth as big as a Hockey Puck
The size of a Hockey Puck is about 23.500745040 teaspoons.
(Ice hockey)
standard ice hockey puck measures about 23.500745040 teaspoons. Hockey pucks can be shot or passed at speeds of up to 160 kph (99 mph) during games.
It's about one-fifth as big as a Tennis Ball
The size of a Tennis Ball is about 31.950 teaspoons.
(ITF Standard; for Type 2 ball)
Per International Tennis Federation standard, regulation tennis balls must measure 6.54 cm to 6.86 cm in diameter, for a total volume of 31.950 teaspoons. Competition balls are also tested for bounce height, with the standards requiring that a ball dropped from 254 cm must bounce back to a height of 135 cm to 147 cm.
It's about one-tenth as big as a Baseball
The size of a Baseball is about 42.681658270 teaspoons.
(MLB rules)
Per Major League Baseball rules, a baseball must measure between about 40.928494760 teaspoons and 44.434821780 teaspoons. A major league pitcher can throw a baseball at up to 150 kph (91 mph) in a fastball pitch.
It's about one-tenth as big as a Baseball (packed)
The size of a Baseball (packed) is about 66.6900910 teaspoons.
(64% packing density) (MLB rules)
Per Major League Baseball rules, a baseball must measure between about 40.9284950 teaspoons and 44.4348220 teaspoons. A major league pitcher can throw a fastball at up to 150 kph (91 mph).
It's about one-fifteenth as big as a Blood Donation
The size of a Blood Donation is about 100 teaspoons.
(American Red Cross donation volume)
The typical donation amount when giving blood is about 100 teaspoons. Donated quantities of blood typically have a viable shelf life of about 42 days.
It's about one-twentieth as big as a STARBUCKS Venti Coffee
The size of a STARBUCKS Venti Coffee is about 120 teaspoons.
A STARBUCKS Venti coffee drink measures 120 teaspoons. The name of the size, Venti, is the Italian word for twenty.
It's about one-fifty-fifth as big as an Ostrich Egg
The size of an Ostrich Egg is about 331.10 teaspoons.
(Struthio camelus) (for common ostrich; average)
The largest egg produced by living birds, ostrich eggs measure about 324.60 teaspoons in volume. The eggs take about nine weeks to hatch, with males and females taking turns incubating them.
It's about one-one-hundredth as big as a Human Stomach
The size of a Human Stomach is about 400 teaspoons.
(human; adult)
An average adult human stomach has a volume of about 400 teaspoons. A newborn baby has a stomach capacity of just 6 teaspoons.
It's about one-one-hundred-fiftieth as big as The Blood in a Human Body
The size of The Blood in a Human Body is about 1,000 teaspoons.
(for 70 kg body; average altitude; average)
The volume of blood in the average human body is about 1,000 teaspoons. Persons living at high altitude, however, may have up to an additional 400 teaspoons of blood to compensate for the lower oxygen level.
 
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