Relevant xkcd

Yeah, that seems like a useless benchmark for judging a search engine

Most sources I’ve read state that Opossum refers exclusively to North American Opossums and Possum is exclusively Australian Possums.

However, this one article on Meriam-Webster.com claims that the two spellings are interchangeable

It’s no different to me than watching one of the movies and seeing the guy from Indiana Jones and Air Force One flying the Millennium Falcon

Right, and in most American dialects they are pronounced the same. Whereas Centimeter is pronounced differently and does not have an “ometer”

because I didn’t want a single purpose appliance when I could make it in a pot.

In case anyone else has the same issue, you can make rice just as easily in an electric pressure cooker (e.g. Instapot) which has a much wider use case.

Although, I’ve never used an actual rice cooker, so I can’t testify to the difference in quality