It’s because 144 of anything is kinda gross. 12 strands of spaghetti? Sure. It’d be gross to eat 144. Some math hippies say it just stems from the French word gros, meaning big, but they’re nerds.
In a lovely display of serendipity, I was watching an old episode of Richard Osman's House of Games on Saturday, and one of the questions was about the most malleable metal. I would have picked lead otherwise.
A few days ago I was watching several episode of a show, something to do with secrets behind the UFOs, and one episode was about ancient aliens coming to earth to look for gold, because its ductility and other properties made it ideal for parts on space vehicles, just as gold is needed for current space programs.
9/10 for me today, I have apparently not been paying enough attention to the news, because I'm one of the 7% of people who didn't know about the French crown jewels (in fact, I didn't even know the Louvre had been robbed last month 😅)
Surprised so few people knew what a gross is, but it's early yet.
That’s the only thing i couldn’t figure out. Is it that common ?
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