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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Are there any? E.g. here in Germany we use kcal instead of kJ for food energy density. Also horsepower is used instead of W for engines. But for the most part we use only metric.

I'm wondering if there are countries where they completely conform to the metric system.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    At least when you use calories and kilocalories you don't have to multiply by 12 or 3 or 5820 when you want to compare a big and a small number.

    Of all the terrible non-metric things Americans use the Fahrenheit is the most defensible. It's just idiotic when the rest of the world uses metric.

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