• nickiwest@lemmy.world
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        1 month ago

        Miles originated in Britain, so talk to them about their made-up nonsense.

        At least they were eventually willing to give up the imperial system. I still don’t understand why Americans never got on board with metric; it’s so much easier.

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          1 month ago

          Just watched a video which explains a few things.

          Time zones start in UK because of some decent reasoning. France was also a contender for where timezones start for the same kinds of reasoning but conceded it in agreement that UK adopts the new metric system they created

        • lemmyknow@lemmy.today
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          1 month ago

          Yeah, 'Muricans be like “B-but… the Brits…”

          Like, yeah. They moved on. They evolved, changed their ways. USians hanging on to legacy units