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Anything But Metric

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Americans will use anything but metric

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Motorcycle-sized tuna fetches more than $1 million at Japan auction By Jay Ganglani, Lisako Neriki Ancheta and Chris Lau, CNN

Updated: 3:18 AM EST, Mon January 6, 2025

Source: CNN

A bluefin tuna about the size of a motorcycle has been sold for $1.3 million (207 million yen) at Japan’s most prestigious fish market, setting the second highest price on record during its new year auction.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That means you would have been able to ride it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

you can tune a motorcycle engine but you can't tune a fish... unless you have US$1.3m

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This unit of measurement is not very standardized. Are we talking a touring Harley or a dirt bike?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

It's a very traditional Japanese measurement. They use a 1982 Honda Trail 110.