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minus-square@Little_mouse@lemmy.calinkfedilink7•1 month agoThey try to make a distinction when referring to kilocalories as Calories, it’s literally just that Calorie (kcal) is capitalized and calorie (cal) is not. It’s a dumb system.
minus-squareNielsBohronlinkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-21 month agoIt’s all just because Americans edit: the majority of Americans have a pathological aversion to metric prefixes
They try to make a distinction when referring to kilocalories as Calories, it’s literally just that Calorie (kcal) is capitalized and calorie (cal) is not.
It’s a dumb system.
It’s all just because
Americansedit: the majority of Americans have a pathological aversion to metric prefixes