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How Much Stuff Is In The Average American House?

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In 1951, Lewis Fry Richardson had a problem. While studying the length of the border between Spain and Portugal, he found that the two countries were reporting different results. This was due to differences in measuring standards employed – the smaller the ruler, the greater the overall length. This phenomenon is called “the coastline paradox,” and it centers on the idea that measurement is subjective. That might also be the case if we’re starti…
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mediafeed broke the news in on Saturday, May 24, 2025.
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