The Great Unit Standoff

The Great Unit Standoff
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The peaceful handshakes between imperial (pounds-kg) and metric (inches-cm) measurement systems quickly devolve into a full-blown pirate standoff when temperature enters the chat. While mass and length units can find diplomatic solutions, Celsius and Fahrenheit are ready to start an international incident over whether water freezes at 0 or 32. Meanwhile, Kelvin and Rankine watch from the sidelines like the weird science kids nobody invited to the party but showed up anyway. The true cold war isn't political—it's thermodynamical.

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