What a Year of Watching Adds Up To
The same hours expressed as things that have a length — films, school days, full days and thirty-second videos.
Three hours a day for a year is 1,095 hours — 548 feature films, 46 full days, 183 school days, or 131,400 thirty-second videos.
What a Year of Watching Adds Up To
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