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by toupeetape 3906 days ago
It is unused outside of the UK and Ireland where it is still the most commonly used unit for measuring the weight of a person.
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knodi123 3906 days ago
Bizarre. They managed to adopt the metric system for weights, except when measuring humans. At least that mystery is solved, though- thanks!
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smacktoward 3906 days ago
And Mosaic appears to be a UK-based publication: http://mosaicscience.com/about-mosaic
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