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To: Olog-hai
Nice oxymoronic headline, either way. And also, kilograms are a measure of mass, not weight.

True, but does that matter to anyone who is not an astronaut?
8 posted on 02/04/2016 11:47:06 AM PST by baltimorepoet
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To: baltimorepoet

Science students get that particular fact about kilograms hammered into their heads. The metric unit of weight (force) is the Newton; the imperial/English unit of mass is the slug, which is 32.17 lbs on the Earth’s surface.


22 posted on 02/04/2016 12:00:35 PM PST by Olog-hai
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