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brucedawson
on Feb 15, 2016
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Base Ten for Almost Everything
KiloCM does sound wrong, but it is interesting that we happily say "1,000 km", when we could say "1 Gm". Fashion and familiarity in that case.
I need to remember to say "it's 3.8 Gm from Seattle to New York".
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I need to remember to say "it's 3.8 Gm from Seattle to New York".