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50. Tell that to the Canadians

Tue Jan 25, 2022, 08:46 PM

Jan 2022

What? Oh yeah, they live in "America" too, but not the United States.

Canada converted to the metric system back in the 1970s. Yep, it's been almost 50 years. So what the hell is wrong with us? We can't keep up with the rest of the world. We make them have a separate, dual standard just for us.

Pretty much the REST of the WORLD converted to metric system 50 years ago.

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