Between 1940 and 1943 Germany and the USSR doubled their war production. Britain tripled and Japan quadrupled their war production. During that same span the USA multiplied its war production by 25 times!
Oh, good point. I forgot about that.
I don’t understand the point you’re trying to make. You’re multiplying 16 oz by 2. There’s no one in there.
A number divided by itself like a/a is one, where a =/= 0. 16 oz and 1 lb are two ways of expressing the same thing, so as a fraction, they’re 1.
Multiplying by 1, the product isn’t increased or decreased but it’s expressed differently. In the cited example, lbs are converted to oz. Notice the unit “lb” shows up in the numerator, then the denominator, cancelling out and leaving oz as the unit. That is more obvious if you don’t use a slash to indicate a fraction, but a horizontal line.
A few years ago, the local high school math teacher asked if I would like to give a talk to her advanced math classes some day. I said “sure, just let me know when”, but she never let me know when.
This is one thing that might be perfect for such a talk. It is of immense use in many physics courses to make sure that you aren’t forgetting a conversion.
I’d go as far to say that comfort in using and checking units is an essential scientific and engineering skill.
“Wait… am I supposed to give the patient a quarter of a CC or four CC’s?”
Will we see the Icelandic version translated into English?
Yes, according to Wiki’s article on it
The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 and torn down in 1989. Which means it has now been demolished for a longer period than it existed.
There’s a guy in Pennsylvania who has his own private deer herd.
Kochel lives on about 4.5 acres with his parents and siblings. The deer live in a fenced in area. They eat clover, grass and a special food mix he buys from a mill. They also like bananas, apples, melons and other fruits and nuts.
“A lot of people don’t understand about keeping deer,” Kochel said. “It’s not a bad life for them. They’re safe. They’re not getting hunted. They’re pets just like any other pets.”
The Department of Agriculture checks on the deer annually, inspecting to see that he has not added deer to or released deer from his herd without approval. He has a couple of different permits for them.
A few more on the same theme:
- If Marty McFly went back in time today, he’d arrive in 1992 - after the fall of the Soviet Union.
- More time has passed since the end of the Reagan Administration than passed between the Reagan and Truman Administrations.
- The Falklands War of 1982 is closer to WW2 than it is to the present day.
- The “Oil Shock” of 1973 (which has been in the news recently) is closer to the Great Depression than to the present day.
- The Tet Offensive is closer to World War One than to the present day.
Many of you will have read of this but not me until recently.
Dean Martin held numerous parties but liked to go to bed early. He would call the police from his bedroom to complain about the noise coming from downstairs in his own house. The law would arrive and clear the property leaving Martin to get some peace and quiet.
You’re making me feel old 
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Kurt Cobain has been dead longer than he was alive.
Perfect squares around triangular number 91:
T_13 + T_12 = 169
T_13 + T_14 = 196
Today I learned about an artform called fractal burning. It’s a wood burning technique. It’s dangerous; a number of people have been electrocuted doing it.
And a number of people have produced it by being electrocuted:
I read today that the color brown is essentially dark orange, and that’s why it is not on the color spectrum. Is that true?
This article says blue + orange made brown.
“In the news, today, in the South Pacific, a ship carrying red paint collided with a ship carrying purple paint. Both crews were marooned.” ~The Two Ronnies.
Yep. Here’s a video on it.