001 = Sizing Shoes and Selling Organs
A Problem Squared
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How Do You Know if You're Under 12 Inches Tall?
In the UK, shoe sizes are based on the length of a foot. So size 12 is pegged at exactly a foot, which is 12 inches. Each change in shoe size is one barley corn away from 12 inches. A 13 in kids is a zero in adults. And then a 12 in children is a negative one in adults. The issue is where those numbers come from.
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