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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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[–] shadowkiller168@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

http://www.rogermwilcox.com/Planck_ruler.html

I can't believe I get to share this old website and have it be relevant for once!

[–] toototabon@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Archive link because it didn't work for me.