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xkcd #3289: Highway Signs

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Highway engineers like Planck units because, like the speed of light, the energy capacity of a typical car's gas tank is 1.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3289/

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[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 5 days ago

Still saner than imperial