• Ashy@lemmy.wtf
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    10 months ago

    Asteroid the size of 64 Canada geese to pass Earth Tuesday - NASA

    I’m not even making this up …

        • Cethin
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          10 months ago

          Our ongoing war with Canadian geese are actually the reason why we didn’t convert to metric. The geese have a harder time converting their flight paths if we list things in imperial.

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      10 months ago

      That’s to be interesting for readers.

      • AtmaJnana@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        It also stands out a lot more than using meters. And gets people to talk about the ridiculous unit of measurement. In short, it drives engagement, which is the point of the title these days.