@nachtigall@feddit.de to History • 1 year agoIt's been 230 years since pirates stopped metric in the USwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
arrow-up17arrow-down1external-linkIt's been 230 years since pirates stopped metric in the USwww.theregister.com@nachtigall@feddit.de to History • 1 year agomessage-square1fedilink
minus-square@PolandIsAStateOfMindlink3•edit-21 year agoWell there were pirates involved but the real reason is conservatism and inertia of US bureocracy.
