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C19is20 | 4 years ago

Measured in a choice of 'English <or> Metric'.

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cbm-vic-20|4 years ago

It's always a bit jarring to see scientific data presented in non-metric units, even in the US. But as an American, I only understand density in terms of Libraries of Congress per Olympic Sized Swimming Pools

adolph|4 years ago

What is the base unit of "Libraries of Congress per Olympic Sized Swimming Pools"? Does the expansion rate of the LoC match the expansion rate of the universe?

heresie-dabord|4 years ago

The Liberia, Myanmar, and USA still use the imperial system of measure.[1]

It is fascinating to see a generation of people insist on the wrong thing simply because they don't understand the right/better thing.

Or because it is of foreign origin.[2] There have been dangerous incidents because of conversion failure.[3]

[1] https://www.statista.com/chart/18300/countries-using-the-met...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication_opposition#Metrica...

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication#Accidents_and_inci...

mikewarot|4 years ago

It's interesting that the Metric temperature measurements aren't in Kelvin.

danbruc|4 years ago

It is even more interesting that it is in coulomb and not degree Celsius or Kelvin.