Why do we use Liters/ml for liquids instead of kilograms/g?

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As the title says, why do we use Liters/milliliters for liquids instead of kilograms/grams?

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Because it’s considerably easier to measure liquids by volume than by weight. Further, it’s not terribly difficult to get mass or weight from a volumetric measurement; if you know the density of the liquid being measured, and you know the volume, then you know the mass.

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