MikemkPK
MikemkPK t1_j61v5o2 wrote
Reply to comment by Spicy_Cum_Lord in TIL to decide what measurement system America should use, John Quincy Adams took 3 1/2 years to produce a 268 page Report on Weights and Measures that ultimately concluded changing to the French metric system would be too difficult for the young nation. Congress took no action on the report. by iamveryDerp
When buying real estate. Houses are measured in square feet, the land they're on in acres.
MikemkPK t1_iujwnjt wrote
-12.4% isn't very red?
MikemkPK t1_iu4pd6w wrote
MikemkPK t1_irzf9np wrote
Reply to comment by JayGold in TIL that all Shiba Inu alive today are descended from one single Shiba, "Ishi," born in 1930. by Tsujimoto74
No. If you breed together A & B to get C, you can just do that a few dozen or hundreds of times to get the gene population without resorting to incest. If the new desired breed doesn't happen every time, simply don't allow that line to reproduce again.
MikemkPK t1_j627sry wrote
Reply to comment by Spicy_Cum_Lord in TIL to decide what measurement system America should use, John Quincy Adams took 3 1/2 years to produce a 268 page Report on Weights and Measures that ultimately concluded changing to the French metric system would be too difficult for the young nation. Congress took no action on the report. by iamveryDerp
No, I'm giving a situation where converting in your head is useful. Say you see an ad for a 4000 sq ft house on 0.1 acre, being able to convert lets you know it's not worth the time to look at.