• AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social
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    Every country used a system based off body parts or similarly easy-to-measure parts. When the metric system was invented, most of them switched because it was the logic thing to do. Some just decided that the dumb system was better who knows why.

    Spain adopted the metric system in 1852 and by the time, they weren’t the most advanced country.

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      Spain adopted the metric system in 1852 and by the time, they weren’t the most advanced country

      perhaps when the u.s. finally reaches the level of 1852 spain, americans will switch too.