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TheWaterGod@lemmy.caM to Offbeat@lemmy.caEnglish · 28 days ago

Stay indoors or risk being blown away, China warns light people

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Stay indoors or risk being blown away, China warns light people

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TheWaterGod@lemmy.caM to Offbeat@lemmy.caEnglish · 28 days ago
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    Chinese authorities have told people weighing less than 50 kilograms (7st 9lbs)

    I’m sorry, is a news article referencing stones as a unit of weight?

    I know the world has been going backwards in the past decade, but did we really just go back to the 1600s?

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      It’s a chiefly British way of measuring body weight. 1 st = 14 lbs, so 7 st 9 lbs = 107 lbs. Though honestly 50kg is closer to 7 st 12 lbs.

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        And I thought Americans were bad with arbitrary values (yeah it’s probably rooted in something…. From 400 years ago)

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        I would assume then that it’s a Hong Kong thing.

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    Is it China, or is it Memorex?

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      Smash TV - Memorex

      https://youtu.be/oAm1EU_pu80

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