2×4 (4×2 to the British) is not. 2×4 is the name used to refer to a common size of timber, but what most people don’t realize is that it is actually 1.5×3.5. The reason for this is that the named measurement refers to the size of the rough lumber before drying and planing. - Oh Yeah Facts

2×4 (4×2 to the British) is not. 2×4 is the name used to refer to a common size of timber, but what most people don’t realize is that it is actually 1.5×3.5. The reason for this is that the named measurement refers to the size of the rough lumber before drying and planing.

(Source: listverse.com)

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I actually knew this. I know a lot of things about wood. (That’s what she said.)
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I (well Chloe and I) lost at Cranium because of this question. Oh dear…
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