How come people say 5,000 km and not 5 Mm?
why not just say millions of meters or Mega meters?

    • Björn Tantau
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      359 months ago

      But only in regards of nuclear bombs. Maybe it’s because of the scientific origins of these fields. Probably the same reasons why Americans measure firearm munition in mm.

      • @ninja
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        169 months ago

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      • @David_Eight
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        69 months ago

        But only in regards of nuclear bombs.

        And your mom (⁠⌐⁠■⁠-⁠■⁠)

      • @joel_feilaOP
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        29 months ago

        we do list volcanic eruptions in megatons of TNT. The makers of the first a bomb pick it since the largest explosion ever made by then was a ship full explosives and some had calculated how many tons of TNT that ship was carrying