A lesser known fact is that in ancient times rabbits where in fact called coneys. An adult rabbit was known as a coney, and a baby coney (baby rabbit) was called a rabbit! So, if you want to know what baby rabbits are called, it depends what century you are looking at.n adult rabbit was known as a coney, and a baby coney (baby rabbit) was called a rabbit! So, if you want to know what baby rabbits are called, it depends what century you are looking at.
Most countries use the International System of Units (SI). In contrast, the humorous Furlong/Firkin/Fortnight system of units of measurement draws attention by being extremely old fashioned, and off-beat at the same time. One furlong per fortnight is very nearly 1 centimetre per minute (to within 1 part in 400).
Celsius is no more metric than Fahrenheit is, they are both base 10. Fahrenheit is actually the more accurate of the two when looking at whole units (aka it is more resolute). People just associate Celsius with metric because Kelvin scale uses Celsius degrees as its unit.