Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days ago1K-pound rocket debris hurtles to Earth and smashes into village as Kenya hunts for ownerwww.rawstory.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1288arrow-down10
arrow-up1288arrow-down1external-link1K-pound rocket debris hurtles to Earth and smashes into village as Kenya hunts for ownerwww.rawstory.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-squareCethin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down3·7 days agoAs the other comment says, 1000 is often shortened to 1k, not just in America. It comes from the Greek kilo (meaning thousand), represented by kappa, which far predates the Metric system that borrowed it later.
As the other comment says, 1000 is often shortened to 1k, not just in America. It comes from the Greek kilo (meaning thousand), represented by kappa, which far predates the Metric system that borrowed it later.