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My $1 bill has no repeating decimals in its serial number (europe.pub)

submitted 4 months ago by Zonefive@sh.itjust.works to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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[–] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 4 months ago (4 children)

fun fact: 1$ bill weighs almost exactly 1 gram and you idiots don't even use the metric system.

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[–] whambawhomp@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago

Fun fact, all US customary units are defined in terms of the metric system. For example, 1 inch is exactly 2.54cm. which means a US mile is 1.609344km. Americans have be using a bastardized version of the metric system since 1959.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_customary_units

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[–] Janx@piefed.social 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It actually changes based on how much cocaine and human fluids it absorbs. That sounds like a joke, but I used to calibrate currency scales. There would be one setting for regular bills, and one for crisp, brand new ones; those would weigh measurably less and required compensation.

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[–] affiliate@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

We might consider it if you updated the definition so that 1 gram was exactly the weight of a US dollar

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[–] ThePrimitive@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

A nickel is 5 grams and you don't use the metric system either.

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