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xkcd #3065: Square Units (xkcd.com)
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The biggest I've seen in a published source in the wild is an 80-fold error in a reported distance, which I think came from a series of at least three unit conversions and area/length misinterpretations.

https://explainxkcd.com/3065/

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[–] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Johnny has 3 and 4, Billy wants 2, johnny gave Billy two but billy wanted apples and Johnny only had dollars and bullets,

Fortunately Johnny gave Billy the two bullets so Billy wouldn't have to live in an idiotic world without labeled data

Go back to grade school or pull your head out of your ass, you've either been deprived of an education or you're deliberately ignoring it to bait me into wasting my time teaching you fundamental mathematics.