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A ton of bollocks, more like (files.catbox.moe)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago (1 children)

No, an imperial ton is 1016kg. America made up this all on their own

[โ€“] MisterFrog 5 points 3 days ago

I mean, sort of. TIL this particular unit came from different definitions of hundredweight. Though, I'd argue this is still kinda of British origin (and the pound).

My favourite unit to pick on when someone doesn't want to switch to metric because it's "European" and they're proud Americans, is BTU.

Why yes, how American, British Thermal Units haha

Don't be me started on tons of refrigeration 0_0 that's nightmare fuel