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Ukrainian drones now spray 4,000° F thermite streams right into Russian trenches (arstechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That is understandable, I was surprised that metric is actually used somewhere. Use in pharmacy also explains why in Hollywood stoner comedies they used grams, which always confused me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

It's used all over the place in the US. It's usually a weird, thoughtless mixture. Milk is sold in gallons, soda is sold in liters.

In fact, you'll find exceptions in most countries once you start looking for them. Just a matter of how prevalent the metric system is; nobody is 100%. Most common exception is car tires because of how industry standards work.