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  • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
    81·
    7 days ago

    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?

    • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
      8·
      7 days ago

      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.

      • ramble81@lemm.ee
        9·
        7 days ago

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

      • Shiggles
        2·
        7 days ago

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