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Today's puzzle will require some mental gymnastics to figure out the solution.  Enjoy!

A truck is loaded up at the farm with ten tonnes of blueberries destined for a processing factory (we don't much care what will happen to them - maybe packaged for sale as fresh fruit, perhaps canned, who knows).  Before the truck leaves, the berries are tested and found to be 99% water.

Some hours later, upon arrival at the processing plant, the load is again tested and found to now be 98% water.

Upon hearing about this seemingly minor discrepancy, the farmer is absolutely furious.  Why?

As usual, answers in the comments below.  Enjoy!

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David Heath has over 25 years experience in the IT industry, specializing particularly in customer support, security and computer networking. Heath has worked previously as head of IT for The Television Shopping Network, as the network and desktop manager for Armstrong Jones (a major funds management organization) and has consulted into various Australian federal government agencies (including the Department of Immigration and the Australian Bureau of Criminal Intelligence). He has also served on various state, national and international committees for Novell Users International; he was also the organising chairman for the 1994 Novell Users' Conference in Brisbane. Heath is currently employed as an Instructional Designer, building technical training courses for industrial process control systems.

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