User blog comment:Stareh/holy cheddar biscuits it is cold outside/@comment-1333071-20140224022917

Finally! A situation where my little tidbits of information are useful:

"k" is the symbol for 1,000 because k=kilo. A kilometer is 1000 meters, a kilogram is 1000 grams... etc. etc. It's one of the very few things we've adopted from the Systeme International, which is the measuring system that is standard for scientists (Celsius, meters, and grams, instead of Fahrenheit, inches, and pounds).