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• MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  So here’s a question for you? What weighs more, a kilogramme of steel or a kilogramme of feathers?

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  • corvi@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The feathers. You have to carry the weight of what you did to those birds.

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    • MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      “You done clucked up, boy!” - Chicken St.Peter

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    • Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      And I need a container to carry that many feathers.

      I can carry the kg of steel in one hand.

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  • Visstix@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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    • CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s an old riddle that only works with imperial units. In traditional British fashion, the imperial weights and measures had two pounds in it, and you had to choose the right pound for the right thing you were weighing. The troy pound was used to measure metals and only has 12 ounces, whereas the pound used to measure feathers had 16, so a pound of feathers was 4 ounces heavier than a pound of lead or gold or whatever.

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      • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Wow. You really dont get it.

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      • bluGill@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        A pound is the same for both. The oz measure is what was different. Thus an oz of metal is heavier than an oz of feathres. However a pound of both weights the same.

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  • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Which would you prefer dropped on your head?

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  • CannonFodder@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Clearly the steel weighs more.

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