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A fact from Cistern of Aetius appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 September 2014 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Byzantine Cistern of Aetius in Constantinople, once containing 250–300 million liters of water, is now a football stadium in Istanbul?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2014/September. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Cistern of Aetius.

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250 000 000 million liters? Really?

250 000 000 million liters equals 250 cubic meters. 5 meters width x 5 meters length x 5 meters height. How on earth does that size metamorphose into the size of a football stadium? It would be far better to report that said football stadium now occupies the site. Y'alls syntax either be too ambiguous or y'all lost some zeros? 41.13.78.175 (talk) 09:52, 3 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I think that you lost three zeros :-) 1 cubic meter are 1,000 liters, so 250,000,000 liters are 250,000 cubic meters. Alex2006 (talk) 09:55, 3 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ooops! 1 000 000 cubic centimeters in a cubic meter! Muy bad! Mea culpa! And thanks for tolerating id!ots like m'self...41.13.80.203 (talk) 10:11, 4 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, each of us makes errors! moreover, in the anglo-saxon world often the metric system is misunderstood :-) Bye, Alex2006 (talk) 10:16, 4 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]