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Rock_man_bears_fan t1_j61u5px wrote

Reply to comment by gravi-tea in TIL to decide what measurement system America should use, John Quincy Adams took 3 1/2 years to produce a 268 page Report on Weights and Measures that ultimately concluded changing to the French metric system would be too difficult for the young nation. Congress took no action on the report. by iamveryDerp

When was the last time the answer to any of these questions were relevant to you?

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gravi-tea t1_j61w70w wrote

Not too often. Last time was not long ago tho when I was wondering how many square miles my 80 acre woods is. And how far it was from one side to the other. The answer is actually a half mile since 40 acres is 1/4 mile square. So not too hard to remember but I didn't know at the time.

But that's why land is divided that way to begin with - 40 acres being 1/4 mile square.

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gravi-tea t1_j63lby2 wrote

The times that the imperial system has actually most annoyed me in life was when cooking certain things (fermentations for example) and having to deal with how many teaspoons in a 1/4 cup or how many cups in a gallon, etc. It wasn't too bad, but had to re-familiarize with conversions.

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