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		kps on Aug 9, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Death by Inches: The battle over the metric system... `> Meat, for example, is usually given in values which are a multiple of 25 g` Those used to be 28g, and called ‘ounces’.

dalke on Aug 9, 2014 | [–]

Point taken, though "usually" also means "not always." For example, http://www.mathem.se/varor/fransyska-o-notstek/fransyska-nat... is 1220 grams and https://www.handla24.se/hovslatt/pc-60-288-flskfil-frsk.aspx is "about 570 grams".

That's 43.6 and 20.4 oz, respectively.

lotsofmangos on Aug 10, 2014 | [–]

Ounces are also anything from 27.4g, up to 100g, depending on which ounce is being used. There are loads of different ounces.

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