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A metric tonne (1000 kg) should be called a megagram (1 Mg). (lemmy.ca)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I get the joke. But it does not actually work. The unit is meter (to some power) but it is not the same meter. One is for a specific liquid, the other for a driving distance. That information was just omitted to begin with, since everyone knows what is meant with the regular units/expression. But when you would want to do that, you need to put that information back at the end.