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beardywtoday at 12:34 PM4 repliesview on HN

UK doesn't use cups in recipes and fuel is dispensed in litres.

Road signs are still in miles.


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vablingstoday at 5:46 PM

Fuel is in litres but cars are in miles per gallon, I guess nobody wanted to do miles per litre or some unhinged calculation

arethuzatoday at 12:43 PM

I'll drive 80 miles to walk 25 km to climb mountains because they are over 3000ft high (Munros) even though I think about the heights on the mountains in metres!

ljftoday at 12:41 PM

It has been a long time since fuel was sold here in the UK in gallons, but most cars still are spoken of in terms of MPG (miles driven per gallon of fuel). There are steps to move this to L per 100km - but most people here still use MPG.

We also use Pints in pubs, which are a different size to US pints.

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hellzbellz123today at 1:55 PM

The standard cup is not the same size between us and uk Sumthin sumthin breakfast cup