Beyond metric

we need a comparison before print deadline!

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I’m beginning to think the jerusalem post is taking the piss.

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By August last year, according to Rabobank, Australia had amassed a wine glut of more than 2 billion litres — enough to fill 860 Olympic swimming pools.

What I really need here is an Olympic pool to Sydney Harbour conversion table.

It’s the golden age of alternative measurements.
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From here.

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If the stadium asteroid lands in Hobart we’re sorted.

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Here’s a good beyond-metric conversion table:
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Tuna weighing as much as a grizzly bear sells for $2.1 million in Japan

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/tuna-weighing-as-much-as-a-grizzly-bear-sells-for-23-million-in-japan

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Stitches for that snitch.

A community tip-off led to the discovery of a 20-tonne crop of mature tobacco on 2.4 hectares, an area equivalent to more than 120 singles tennis courts, last Thursday.