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		brandnewthrow on April 10, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years (1998) My favorite part about the imperial system is that a pint of butter weighs a pound. 16oz of butter is 16 fluid oz. A pint is a pound, the world round!

guard-of-terra on April 10, 2013 | [–]

One liter of water weights one kilogram which is IMO nicer.

_Simon on April 10, 2013 | [–]

That's not exclusive to the imperial system...

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