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minus-squarecalcopiritus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 days agoYes. Kilo means thousand. However in some contexts, a single calorie is the same as a kilocalorie. Don’t ask me why. There are 2 calories, the small one and the big one. And the big one is exactly the same as a thousand of the small ones.
minus-squaredrkt@scribe.disroot.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 days agoAmericans mean kilo calories when they spell Calories with a capital C, otherwise it’s normal calories. Yes it’s dumb.
minus-squareiveseenthat@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 days agoOMFG, that is beyond dumb… it is almost evil
Yes. Kilo means thousand. However in some contexts, a single calorie is the same as a kilocalorie. Don’t ask me why.
There are 2 calories, the small one and the big one. And the big one is exactly the same as a thousand of the small ones.
Americans mean kilo calories when they spell Calories with a capital C, otherwise it’s normal calories. Yes it’s dumb.
OMFG, that is beyond dumb… it is almost evil