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Daniel walks in the studio.

Daniel is in his twenties, with short curly brown hair and wears glasses, jeans, and a burgundy and white TVO Kids hooded sweatshirt.

He says WELCOME TO
TVOK NEWS,
I'M YOUR NEWS ANCHOR, DANIEL,
AND THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING.

On a screen behind him appears a picture of an car assembly plant with a caption that reads "GM Canada closing December 2019."

Daniel says ON MONDAY, GENERAL MOTORS,
ONE OF THE BIGGEST
AUTO ASSEMBLY PLANTS
IN THE WORLD,
ANNOUNCED THEY WILL BE CLOSING
THEIR DOORS IN DECEMBER, 2019,
DUE TO A GLOBAL RESTRUCTURING.
THIS IS DEVASTATING NEWS FOR
WORKERS IN THE CITY OF OSHAWA,
AS GM HAS BEEN THERE
FOR 100 YEARS.
OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THE
THOUSANDS OF GM WORKERS
WHO WILL BE EFFECTED BY
THIS MASSIVE CLOSURE.

Now another picture appears with the caption "What's in a kilogram?"

Daniel says NOW, IN OTHER NEWS,
DID YOU KNOW THAT
LOCKED IN A VAULT BELOW GROUND,
IN A BUILDING OUTSIDE PARIS,
IS AN OBJECT THAT HAS HUGE
SIGNIFICANCE TO ME,
YOU, EVERY PERSON
IN THE ENTIRE WORLD,
AND EVERY THING IN
THE ENTIRE WORLD.
IT'S THIS!
THE INTERNATIONAL
PROTOTYPE KILOGRAM.
"IPK" FOR SHORT,
OR "LE GRAND K."
IT IS THE STANDARD
MEASUREMENT OF ONE KILOGRAM.
EVERY OTHER KILOGRAM IN THE
WORLD IS MEASURED AGAINST ONE.
IT'S KEPT INSIDE THREE VACUUM
SEALED GLASS JARS,
AND HAS BEEN THERE
FOR 139 YEARS.
ONLY THREE PEOPLE IN THE
WORLD HAVE A KEY
THAT CAN OPEN THE VAULT
TO ACCESS IPK.
THAT'S AMAZING!
WHAT'S ALSO AMAZING IS IT'S
BEEN LOSING WEIGHT.
WHAT?! YES!
TURNS OUT THAT IT HAS LOST
APPROXIMATELY 15 MICROGRAMS,
THE WEIGHT OF AN EYELASH.
DOESN'T SEEM LIKE MUCH,
BUT WHEN THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD
IS BASED ON IPK,
THAT'S A PROBLEM.
SO RECENTLY, REPRESENTATIVES OF
MORE THAN 60 COUNTRIES,
GATHERED IN FRANCE TO VOTE
ON RETIRING IPK,
AND REPLACING IT WITH
SOMETHING ELSE.
IT WAS UNANIMOUS.
THE KILOGRAM
WILL BE REDEFINED.
BY WHAT?
WELL, IT'S VERY COMPLICATED,
BUT BASICALLY, THE NEW
DEFINITION WILL BE BASED
ON A SCIENTIFIC FORMULA.
WAIT.
SO DOES THIS MEAN EVERYTHING
HAS TO BE REWEIGHED?
WELL, WE BETTER GET STARTED.
I'M GONNA START WITH MYSELF,
THEN I'M GONNA GO HOME AND
WEIGH MY CAT, MY PHONE...
OH, MY PLANTS, MY BED...
I'M GONNA NEED A BIGGER SCALE.
STAY TUNED FOR MORE
TVOK NEWS,
COMING UP NEXT.
OH, MY SUCCULENTS...

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