Bicoastal
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Fri Sep-28-07 06:24 PM
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According to Jeopardy, Myanmar does not officially use the metric system. |
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Besides Liberia and the US, they're the only country that doesn't.
I understand Liberia--they modeled their country after ours in many ways--but why Myanmar? And what do they use instead?
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ruiner4u
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Fri Sep-28-07 06:31 PM
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1. I donno.. But according to CNN earlier today.... |
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their currency is based on the number 9... Their leader thinks thats a lucky number and abolished their previous currency system and introduced his own when he took power...
I guess I learn something every day...:)
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