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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
Soft drinks in general. A can is 255ml, a bottle is 500ml, a big bottle is 2L
Replying to @WolfLink@sh.itjust.works
Convenience store wise, a can of Coke is 12 ounces and a bottle is 20 ounces in the states. They have the volume in ml on the bottle though.
Grocery stores have 1l, 16.9oz, 12oz bottles, and 7.5oz cans.
It’s all over the map.
Replying to @Tikiporch@lemmy.world
Containers of Specific Volumes For industry.
Replying to @Jarix@lemmy.world
Ah yes, CSVFI.
Replying to @WolfLink@sh.itjust.works
355 for the standard aluminum can irc
Replying to @Jarix@lemmy.world
Could have sworn it was 330
Replying to @snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works
330 is perhaps the most common standard can size in Europe (other common ones being 250, 500, and for beer also 440 and 568 ml). Most drinks that I see that are imported from the USA have strange can (or bottle) sizes, 355 ml being the only one I remember off the top of my head. But I don’t buy them often because A) imperialism and B) they’re expensive.