Today I learned the metric equivalent of horsepower is, horsepower. You’d think someone would have come up with a better name.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsepower

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[–] 4 points 1 year ago

I had not heard of candle power before but foot-candles always gets a chuckle out of me for ridiculous name

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