BarqsHasBite to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoA metric tonne (1000 kg) should be called a megagram (1 Mg).message-square77fedilinkarrow-up1425arrow-down120
arrow-up1405arrow-down1message-squareA metric tonne (1000 kg) should be called a megagram (1 Mg).BarqsHasBite to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square77fedilink
minus-squareFlying Squidlinkfedilink11•2 years agoWhat is this metric shit? I’m an American! I measure weight in American units like the hundredweight and the truss and the slug!
minus-square@FlightyPenguin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink5•2 years agoI don’t know what a hundredweight is, but I’m just guessing based on American experience that it’s a unit of volume equal to 132 quarts.
What is this metric shit? I’m an American! I measure weight in American units like the hundredweight and the truss and the slug!
I don’t know what a hundredweight is, but I’m just guessing based on American experience that it’s a unit of volume equal to 132 quarts.