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minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·7 days ago.45 kg, or since (I assume) you’re a Brit, 1/14th of a stone which I find is an even crazier unit of measurement.
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·7 days agoIt’s a unit commonly used to measure weight in the UK and Ireland
minus-squareatro_city@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 days agoImperial units were really dreamt up by the consanguins. Goodness me. And somehow the US Americans just inherited the system.
.45 kg, or since (I assume) you’re a Brit, 1/14th of a stone which I find is an even crazier unit of measurement.
A stone? wtf?
It’s a unit commonly used to measure weight in the UK and Ireland
Imperial units were really dreamt up by the consanguins. Goodness me. And somehow the US Americans just inherited the system.