Saturday, August 22, 2009

Sunday Funny

I had not heard of this before, but in 1995, two scientists created a remarkable hoax, claiming that the metric system had been invented in the 18th century by "Claude Emile Jean-Baptiste Litre." Read all about it (H/T: Captain Heinrichs).
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3 comments:

  1. JeffSAugust 23, 2009 at 10:16 AM

    HA! I don't recall this, but it's a good one!

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  2. RebeccaHAugust 23, 2009 at 12:39 PM

    Makes you wonder why a "litre" is not called a "mouton".

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  3. blogstropAugust 24, 2009 at 7:46 AM

    The US Military have expressed interest in the killer-joule.

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