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

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 8 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

But only in regards of nuclear bombs.

And your mom (⁠⌐⁠■⁠-⁠■⁠)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 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