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Your facetious comment, amusing as it is, has spawned a discussion below that is comical in its absurdity. Let me put an end to it.

We use the unit 'kilometres per litre' when discussing mileage in India, the country where I was born. Now, India is not the most populous nation in the world, but I wouldn't be so harsh as to call Indians 'no one' ;)



It was meant as a joke, no insult intended. I do not usually post jokes in forums such as HN, but the fuel consumption fraction is a pet peeve of mine. I couldn't resist it.

I teach GMAT classes, and recently, in the effort to be less US-centric, the GMAT started stating problems in metric units. They, however, still use the US fuel consumption fraction, not the European one, and it feels doubly odd.

I did not know India used this strange mix. Learning new stuff every day.


No insult assumed. You were obviously joking. The child comments on the other hand...

Anyway, I wonder how this came about. I suppose it's just because India was a British colony that adopted the metric system.




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