Last night, we happened to have two 1-cup measures sitting out. I saw Nathan eyeing the cups with a puzzled look, so I looked over at them. It took me a moment to figure out that there was something a little … off … about them. They didn’t look the same size! And sure enough, then we noticed the labels.
Both labels said “1 cup.” But apparently one man’s cup is another man’s almost-a-cup. One said 240 millileters and the other said 235 millileters. We got a good laugh out of that.
Then I said, “Hey, what do you bet neither is right and a 1 cup actually isn’t 240 OR 235 millileters?!”
Well, that’s not exactly the type of trivia I store in my already-taxed brain. Google to the rescue! Sure enough, 1 cup does NOT equal 240 millileters. Nor does is equal 235 millileters. 1 cup is 236.6 ml. 
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