• Elivey@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    We used water to decide a lot of measurements. 1ml of water is = 1 gram. A gram of water is also equal to 1 cm^3. It’s a beautiful system in that way. Water surrounds us and gives us life, it has chemically interesting properties that make this planet function. Why shouldn’t we just base everything off of this one substance?

    • bignate@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 year ago

      Not using metric is so much more fun:

      • water freezes at 32, boils at 212
      • 16 cups in 1 gallon (both standard units of measurement)
      • 1 (US) cup of water is 8 (US) oz
      • 1 (US) cup of water is 14.4375in^3

      Makes your maths so much more exciting!!