Discoveries of the day
Jun. 9th, 2011 02:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
woolymonkey1. From wikipedia, while looking for info about Spider's GCSE exam board, OCR, created by merging several qualification providers, including Midland Examining Group (MEG):
Subsequent physics syllabi released by the OCR included the now infamous (fictional) units the "Ocrawatt" and "Ocrajoule" due to overzealous find-and-replace on MEG's part (in previous and later syllabi, the units were correctly written as "Megawatt" and "Megajoule".)
2. from a student essay:
The reason people get a sense of spiritual wellbeing in Milton Keynes* is that the town 'contains so much Greenland'.
* If you still doubt the beneficial spiritual properties of MIlton Keynes you may need to read my previous post.
Subsequent physics syllabi released by the OCR included the now infamous (fictional) units the "Ocrawatt" and "Ocrajoule" due to overzealous find-and-replace on MEG's part (in previous and later syllabi, the units were correctly written as "Megawatt" and "Megajoule".)
2. from a student essay:
The reason people get a sense of spiritual wellbeing in Milton Keynes* is that the town 'contains so much Greenland'.
* If you still doubt the beneficial spiritual properties of MIlton Keynes you may need to read my previous post.
