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NARA recovers famed 1982 Grace Hopper lecture recorded on obsolete media format [1]

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Date: 2024-08-27 11:15:12+00:00

Hold on, the standard unit of length is the brontosaurus - though the double decker bus is still widely accepted but has been deprecated since the whole bendy bus debacle.

Height is done differently (for simplicity you understand) and is the Nelson Column.

Area is Waleses (the country not the royals).

Volume is Olympic-sized swimming pools, though not the one in Paris because that was shallow - but what do you expect from the French? And if anyone says a simple, rational system of measurement it will be off to the firkin with you!

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