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by TeMPOraL 3895 days ago
I have (had, until your post) no idea how much one HP is because I don't own a car and generally never liked cars (always was more into jetplanes), so I keep forgetting. But when I read something that gives HP values, I look up how much it is in watts; that's just one C-t "1 horse power in watts" <Return> away.

I know I'm shouting at the wind here, but I get the impression that most people today think education ends on high school, and after they graduate it they're not to be expected to ever go and look something up.