Posts Tagged ‘know-whether’

Weekend Action, PT2

Mario Been didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

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nitpickers

The problems of relativity are real when you want to know whether you’re getting a kilo of potatoes or you’re paying for the dirt as well.  This fascinating story details the dilemma surrounding the official kilogram standard weight in Paris.  Is it getting lighter or is the world getting heavier? from NPR.org More than a century ago, a small metal cylinder was forged in London and sent to a leafy suburb of Paris.

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