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beckingz
on June 27, 2021
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Why do recipe writers lie about how long it takes ...
Of course, they haven't measured it since the 1960s because the body heat of a scientist going in to measure it changes it a little bit.
M2Ys4U
on June 27, 2021
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However or whenever they measure the prototype kilogram, it weighs[0] exactly 1kg by definition.
[0] Well, not any more as the kilogram was redefined in 2019
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