Trivia Question: Did you know? The oil barrel is 42 gallons, not 55 as commonly thought. Why did early oilmen choose the 42-gallon barrel to transport oil?
Trivia Answer: Although the 42-gallon barrel, a watertight cask, was passed down by standards before the days of England's King Richard III, when the 42-gallon barrel was full of oil, it weighed over 300 pounds and was as much as a man could reasonably maneuver for transport. A group of Oilmen in Titusville, PA. decided in 1866 that the 42-gallon cask would constitute a "barrel" of oil. The Petroleum Age, Vol. 3, No. 4 December 2006, www.aoghs.org.
I'm sure you will rest easier now that you've been enlightened by that note....
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