22.05

22.05 pounds equals ten kilograms. But 244 years ago our forefathers decided to break away from the tyranny of so-called “royal” throne, and they held firm on two things: 1) Taxes suck and 2) we won’t build a nation on a completely ridiculous, outdated, metric system of measurements that had no chance of surviving in a modern, developed world. And with the stroke of Mr. Herbie Hancocks pen, the Standard system was born.

But, why 22..05? Well, there’s a lot of significance there:

• Weight of John Adams’ miniature schnauzer, Otis

• Approximate percent of Loyalists that were too scared of weak, old “King” George to pick up arms and fight for their freedom

• Number of miles that Paul Revere had to ride to warn Sammy Adams that the cops were coming to try and break up the party,

• Number of teabags (in millions) that were dumped in Boston Harbor, because we’re not pansies and drink coffee.

• Amount of explosives stockpiled for the Rockets Red Glare fireworks display Saturday evening.
  

See you all soon.

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