What Do Liberia, Myanmar (Burma), and the USA Have in Common?
They're the only 3 countries that officially don't use the metric system.
posted by Josh Nice at Saturday, January 13, 2007
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1 Comments:
Here in the US, the metric system has *always* been used in jobs that matter (ie, the medical, laboratory and technical related fields). Otherwise, the olde Englishe system is still ok for everyday measurements...
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