(just an alternative to the N64 post from yesterday)

  • makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    A fifth used to be a fifth of a gallon. Stupidly as the world became more globalized bottle sizes followed and so the bottles we still call a fifth are actually 750ml. What’s worse is that the next unit up is a handle which is 1.75 liters! So it doesn’t even follow mathematically