The best fact I heard today

From an email thread complaining about stores measuring the unit of price-per-unit in grams, ounces, and units for different items, making it harder to compare prices:

Fun fact:  If someone ever asks you that silly “What weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of gold?” question, the answer is arguably a pound of feathers.  Feathers are weighed with an Avoirdupois pound, which is heavier than a Troy pound (troy pounds are used for gold, silver, and gems I believe).

Funner fact:  If they ask “What weighs more, an ounce of feathers or an ounce of gold?” the answer is an ounce of gold, since there’s only 12 ounces in a troy pound (as opposed to 16 oz. in an avoirdupois pound)

I’m a real hit at parties.

I want to meet this person and shake their hand.