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> In The Netherlands [...] a small beer of whatever's on tap [...] is 250ml-350ml

Traveler beware: Just because it's true that a Dutch "vaasje" glass is 230-330ml[1] the actual volume of beer you get is at best 80% of that. The Dutch pouring practice of handing patrons a glass of beer with up to 1/4 receding foam on the top would cause a riot across the channel.

> [...]and measure 1000 grams. Which is EXACTLY the same amount as 1000 milliliters[...]

No, not exactly. Not even under standard conditions. It's one of the unfortunate warts of the modern metric system that the actual value drifted from exactly 1000, almost, but not exactly[2].

1. https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaasje

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Density#Water



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