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NIST is selling Peanut Butter for $415.33 per jar

• basilikum 1mo ago
  Related: Going Nuts over NIST’s Standard Reference Peanut Butter (2016) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42815454 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42815454 - 2025-01-27
• askvictor 1mo ago
  See also: ISO standard for brewing tea: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3103 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3103
• pronouncedjerry 1mo ago
  I see $1,246
  • basilikum 1mo ago
    it's three jars
    • IAmBroom 1mo ago
      Yeah, but it's $499.99 when sold separately.
      • basilikum 1mo ago
        I buy my peanut butter in bulk. I ain't dumb. 500$ for a single jar is ridiculous.
• glimshe 1mo ago
  That should help with the deficit!
• ortusdux 1mo ago
  Youtuber Tom Scott famously made an international cup of tea back in 2018 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAsrsMPftOI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAsrsMPftOI
• jml7c5 1mo ago
  Though it's worth noting that Peanut Butter lost out to Radioactive Human Lung in the 2026 NIST Materials Mayhem tournament. https://www.instagram.com/p/DWzaoS5EfJa/ https://www.instagram.com/p/DWzaoS5EfJa/
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