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Fun fact: there's quite a lot of countries that use "mixed metrics", with no real rhyme or reason for what uses old ancient imperial and what uses new shiny metric
UK - Miles for long distances, switch to meters for distances less than a mile, always use km in air and sea. Milk in pints, petrol in liters, water in ml, beer in pints. Human heights in Feet Inches, building heights in Meters. Human weights in a unit even Americans don't use anymore (Stone), animal weights in kg/g.
Really? Do people walk around in the UK and say "I weigh 11 stone"? "I lost 3 stone on this diet"?
Canadian here, I watch some UK fitness shows, can confirm.
Canada another that does the Mixed Metrics, but with entirely different sets of arbitrariness
Yessir, stone and lbs usually.
So 12 stone 8 for example. 14lbs to the stone.
Yeah man, it's fucking nuts
And yet the military uses "clicks"
0.54 nmi (nautical miles)