We shitpost *our own discipline*. We named the unit of cross-sectional area for atomic-level nucleii a "barn." It's not someone's name. It's because they thought it would be funny and stupid to define one of the smallest targets in existence "one barn" in size---
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What were the other entries A "smoot" is a unit of measure equal to exactly 5'7", recorded in history because of an incident where Oliver Smoot, MIT class of '62, was physically used to measure the length of the Harvard Bridge in smoots as a fraternity hazing
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The experience of being personally used as a reference prototype for a unit of measure and then, immediately, employed as a measuring device apparently ignited a lifelong passion in Smoot, who went on to become president of both ANSI and ISO
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