▲ 485 ▼ Americans will measure with anything but the metric system. (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world [M] to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 39 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] panicnow@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) What was the prank? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] atx_aquarian@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago* (1 child) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot The smoot is a nonstandard, humorous unit of length created as part of an MIT fraternity pledge to Lambda Chi Alpha by Oliver R. Smoot, who in October 1958 lay down repeatedly on the Harvard Bridge between Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts, so that his fraternity brothers could use his height to measure the length of the bridge. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Jackcooper@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago The 83 year old Smoot is still alive, and his career was as a chairman of two standardization organizations. Pretty funny. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] atx_aquarian@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago* (1 child) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot The smoot is a nonstandard, humorous unit of length created as part of an MIT fraternity pledge to Lambda Chi Alpha by Oliver R. Smoot, who in October 1958 lay down repeatedly on the Harvard Bridge between Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts, so that his fraternity brothers could use his height to measure the length of the bridge. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Jackcooper@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago The 83 year old Smoot is still alive, and his career was as a chairman of two standardization organizations. Pretty funny. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jackcooper@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago The 83 year old Smoot is still alive, and his career was as a chairman of two standardization organizations. Pretty funny. permalink fedilink source parent
