T-Rex: One day we invented non-candle-based lights, and wanted a way to compare them to the candles we already knew!
T-Rex: Hence: CANDLEPOWER.
T-Rex: An electric light with one candlepower meant it gave off as much light as one candle - SPECIFICALLY, one 76-gram candle made of pure sperm whale oil (ew) that burned at 7.8 grams an hour.
Dromiceiomimus: I've never heard of "candlepower".
T-Rex: That's because we stopped using it and made up a better measurement!
Utahraptor: But we DO still use horsepower!
T-Rex: Exactly!
T-Rex: We don't use horses much anymore - probably less than candles, really, since when the power goes out we search our cupboards for candles and not horses - but we still look at EVERY single engine we build and calculate how many horses it could replace.
Utahraptor: It feels personal.
Narrator: LATER, T-REX APOLOGIZES FOR THE CENTURIES OF HUMILIATION FOR HORSES:
T-Rex: Sorry, horses. Are we cool?
Off panel: Neigh
T-Rex: I know that's just a sound you make and you're not actually saying "nay".
Off panel: Wow
