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evlogii@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

In the store, I sometimes encounter containers (e.g., beer, water, shampoo) with a volume of 618ml. Why exactly this number?

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In the store, I sometimes encounter containers (e.g., beer, water, shampoo) with a volume of 618ml. Why exactly this number?

evlogii@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago
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    It’s 125 teaspoons. 134.86% chance that’s what it is.

    /s if anyone actually takes me serious.

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      US or Imperial?

      125.382 US teaspoons

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        US

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          Then it’s the equivalent of 2 Texan cups (or 2 and 4/13ths Federal cups).

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      During my research, I discovered that it’s 0.0000002472 Olympic swimming pools, which is probably the reason for the odd number of mL.

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