Useless knowledge

Apparently, there's an international standard for paper size. Now I know all those paper size options in Microsoft Word are legit.

Unsurprisingly, the USA does not follow international rules and instead sticks with its own made-up standard. It's the metric system all over again.

"This standard has been adopted by all countries in the world except the United States and Canada. In Mexico, Colombia and the Philippines, despite the ISO standard having been officially adopted, the U.S. "letter" format is still in common use."

The Philippines likes to use 8.5" x 13" paper. I've grown used to having two extra inches at the bottom of my paper, but it rendered all the binders and folders I brought with me useless.