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A metric tonne (1000 kg) should be called a megagram (1 Mg). (lemmy.ca)
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[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes but when you don’t have that intuitive sense through extensive use or being born to it, the math gets in the way as you’re trying to form it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm an American in my mid-forties and that has not been my experience at all.