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quentindemetztoday at 1:32 PM1 replyview on HN

That the only nation which sent man on the moon uses acre-feet as a unit of volume blows my mind


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stockresearchertoday at 2:15 PM

Oh sure, I can help.

1000 acre feet is approximately 40 hectare meters. Or, you know, about 1.2 billion liters.

Over on this side of the ocean, we’ve got freshwater lakes larger than entire European countries. There’s a lake over here, it has an island on it. That island has a lake, which has an island in it. And there’s a lake on that island.

We need units of measurement that represent large things. If you don’t, that’s ok.

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