The biggest I’ve seen in a published source in the wild is an 80-fold error in a reported distance, which I think came from a series of at least three unit conversions and area/length misinterpretations.

https://explainxkcd.com/3065/

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    2 months ago

    No, I was clearly thinking of parentheses when I wrote it, so you should have said them when you said it.

    Take your meds, Donnie.