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Here in Latin America, or at least here in Colombia, people call 500 grams "a pound" ("una libra") even though we never have used imperial officially

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Same in the Netherlands. Metric pound, "pond" = 500 g.

Rarely used, yet pretty much universally understood.

https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pond_(massa)

I think of weights in a similar manner, except I think of steak. An 8 ounce steak is about 250 grams. An 16 ounce steak (which is 1 pound) is about 500 grams.

With regards to volume, I am used to 750mL bottles of wine.

Converting distance is still unintuitive to me. The best method I came up with is that driving 60 miles per hour is about 100 km per hour.

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