Did you know that the English system of measurement is based off the size/weight of a barleycorn? Spectacular! 7000 grains = 1 pound. 168 grains = 1 foot.
This is from one of my favorite YouTube series is Mental Floss. Their latest episode is "36 Unusual Units of Measurement."
http://youtu.be/Q8qQolqkTU0
In the same vein, I think I'm going to start measuring all my tubing lengths in beard-seconds. That's GOT to be a measurement invented by a brewer. This tube is 104,800,000 beard-seconds or 104800 kilo-beard-seconds in length. Awesome!
This is from one of my favorite YouTube series is Mental Floss. Their latest episode is "36 Unusual Units of Measurement."
http://youtu.be/Q8qQolqkTU0
In the same vein, I think I'm going to start measuring all my tubing lengths in beard-seconds. That's GOT to be a measurement invented by a brewer. This tube is 104,800,000 beard-seconds or 104800 kilo-beard-seconds in length. Awesome!
