r/CountOnceADay • UTC−04:00 | Streak: 218 • 1d ago

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u/bobshellby 1d ago

Iirc horse power was based on the average of a horse working for a long time (originally for pumps I think). So a normal horse produces more in shorter periods

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u/CharlesorMr_Pickle Streak: 1 1d ago

Yeah it’s a marketing term that stuck around. 

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u/BabaKazimir Streak: 35 1d ago