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Three sugar cubes worth of plastic enough to kill a puffin, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
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[โ€“] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Metric or US standard sugar cubes?

[โ€“] Dave@lemmy.nz 6 points 1 day ago

Pretty sure they only use US standard sugar cubes to measure peanut oil. Sugar is measured in US standard table tennis balls of volume.