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In metric, one milliliter of water occupies one cubic centimeter, weighs one gram, and requires one calorie of energy to heat up by one degree centigrade__hich is 1 percent of the difference between its freezing point and its boiling point. An amount of hydrogen weighing the same amount has exactly one mole of atoms in it. Whereas in the American system, the answer to __ow much energy does it take to boil a room-temperature gallon of water?_ is __o fuck yourself,_ because you can__ directly relate any of those quantities.
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In metric, one milliliter of water occupies one cubic centimeter, weighs one gram, and requires one calorie of energy to heat up by one degree centigrade__hich is 1 percent of the difference between its freezing point and its boiling point. An amount of hydrogen weighing the same amount has exactly one mole of atoms in it. Whereas in the American system, the answer to __ow much energy does it take to boil a room-temperature gallon of water?_ is __o fuck yourself,_ because you can__ directly relate any of those quantities.
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