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		Koshkin on Feb 11, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: US jet shoots down unknown object flying off Alask... These are perfectly good measurement units. (Also, football field.)

iancmceachern on Feb 11, 2023 [–]

Also, fruit

iancmceachern on Feb 11, 2023 | [–]

Downvoted because someone doesn't think that fruit is commonly used as a definition of size? We often say things are the size of a grape, or an apple, or a grapefruit.

Weird thing to downvote folks

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