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What the fuck is a US ton...
It's what we call the things Yanks and North Koreans use to measure weight since 'ton' is assumed to be a metric ton for the rest of the world.
(Yes, I've seen the Canadian weights and measures flowchart but this is still a funny jab)
I dunno, like two American football fields?
Ah, so ~0.909091 furlongs if we only count the play area. 1.090909 furlongs if we count the 10 yard infields.
2000 lb
Or 907 kg. So almost a metric ton, which is 1,000 kg (or 1.000 kg for some).
This shit isn't at all confusing /s
That was more surprising to me than the actual article.
2000 lbs