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More surprised they didn't use 75 feet.
by kidme5 4y ago
More surprised they didn't use 75 feet.
- gffrd 4y agoWas surprised by the same. Does USGS measure in metric??
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- Mo3 4y agoRealistically most of science does
- gffrd 4y agoTrue. This is a public-facing PR-style piece from USGS, which is what struck me as unusual.
- shagie 4y agoThe rest of the page is in metric too. > 244,000 metric tons They're not using pounds or the imperial ton (1 imperial or long ton is 1.016 metric tons). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_ton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_ton Much of the rest of the site appears to also be metric. https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-much-silver-has-been-found-world https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-much-silver-has-been-found-wor... But not all - https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-large-lifetime-supply-minerals-average-person https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-large-lifetime-supply-minerals...
- Sharlin 4y agoOr Olympic-sized swimming pools, the standard unit of volume for large-ish volumes. ((23 m)^3 equals around 4 Ossp, btw).