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Americans definitely love their larger 1/4 lb’ers over the smaller European 1/3 lb patties
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@darthelmet @M0oP0o
Nobody really knows for sure. It's lost to history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit
Oh sure, it just so happens to line up just so and comes from a time where malt (max saturation of salt in water) was common.
Fun thing though is that due to this its the one thing f is good at. No point salting a road at or below zero f. Yeap that's it, wooooo