# WOW!!! Now that's small

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-now-thats-small/76544>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 16, 2001, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-now-thats-small/76544 "2001-08-16T11:56:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-now-thats-small/76544/1 "2001-08-16T11:56:18Z")

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A sculpture which is 10 micrometres tall.

It may sound like a lot of bull but in reality it’s actually a very very very small piece of bull.

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid\_1493000/1493585.stm](http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1493000/1493585.stm)

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**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-now-thats-small/76544/2 "2001-08-16T12:06:03Z")

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Will they be able to sculpt tiny itiots being gored by the bull?

They could call it “Pompolina in Lilliput”.

Submissions for the Turner Prize, anyone?

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**Author:** ![PurePhreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7993a0/32.png) [@PurePhreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurePhreak)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-now-thats-small/76544/3 "2001-08-16T12:40:01Z")

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jeez come back from a short vacation…okay not so short and find this kind of bull, really makes me question humanity…sorry i’m back but my mind isn’t

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**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-now-thats-small/76544/4 "2001-08-16T13:27:00Z")

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Wow! That’s truly amazing. Not long before we have micromachiens scooting around in our blood — like that film with Raquel Welch, only without the people.

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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-now-thats-small/76544/5 "2001-08-16T23:28:09Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Tansu \*  
> \*\*Wow! That’s truly amazing. Not long before we have micromachines scooting around in our blood — like that film with Raquel Welch, only without the people. \*\*

For a fictional look at such things, check out John Varley’s \* Steel Beach \*.

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**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-now-thats-small/76544/6 "2001-08-17T01:48:51Z")

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Simply amazing.