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Mostly an aviation thing but descended from the fact that many early airplanes were American/British. IIRC only China, Russia and the DPRK use metric units. ED
by errantspark 10y ago
Mostly an aviation thing but descended from the fact that many early airplanes were American/British. IIRC only China, Russia and the DPRK use metric units.
EDIT: ahahaha <3 HN commenters
- rangibaby 10y agoI believe Russia uses FL measurements since a few years ago.
- sneak 10y agoContainers are also sadly measured in TEU (twenty foot equivalent units) stemming from their American design. Global, impossible to upgrade standards that mean we are stuck with imperial units for a hundred years yet or more.