Comment on A metric tonne (1000 kg) should be called a megagram (1 Mg).

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xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

At the time when the metric system was created, imperial units weren’t standardized at all, so if centimeters lined up with one definition of inch, they wouldn’t line up with the many other definitions anyway.

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