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Scientists are hoping to redefine the second – here's why (theconversation.com)
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[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I misread that as "meat ball", and now I'm kind of disappointed that we don't use meatballs as a standard unit. "I'm 6 meatball subs and 3 balls high", "The yacht is about 18 giant party subs long", etc.