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This is a more interesting article than I expected from the title. It goes into the history of how the US ended up on the imperial system instead of metric, inc
by Stratoscope 3y ago
This is a more interesting article than I expected from the title. It goes into the history of how the US ended up on the imperial system instead of metric, including pirates in the Caribbean.
- yostrovs 3y agoIt's not really the imperial system. A beer pint in America and Britain are different, for example. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_and_US_customary_measurement_systems https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_and_US_customary_me...
- euroderf 3y ago"Revolutionary Imperial". A microbrew sold only in confusing boutique units.