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Why is the USA the only country who doesn’t use the metric system?
Replying to @Confidant6198@lemmy.ml
USA uses both, just like the UK and Canada. It’s standard in the states for…medicine, the military, science, and… two-liter beverage bottles.
Replying to @Tikiporch@lemmy.world
I can tell you that the military doesn’t use it much in my experience in aircraft maintenance. I rarely ever saw a repair manual use metric.