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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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A metric tonne (1000 kg) should be called a megagram (1 Mg). (lemmy.ca)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What country and industry do you work that calls it megagram?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Carbon forestry. and global, but I work mostly with US companies

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Also in the sciences (I'm a geologist), Megagram is often used. Most recently I wrote a paper which included discussion about the amounts of Mercury in the atmosphere, and Mg was the unit used.