BuzzFeed - "Countries That Don't Use Metric" http://www.buzzfeed.com BuzzFeed, Find Your New Favorite Thing en Copyright 2012 BuzzFeed, Inc. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:41:14 -0500 editor@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) info@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) Total METRIC SYSTEM - slowly getting there, inch by inch http://www.buzzfeed.com/metrication/total-metric-system-slowly-getting-there-inch-by-inch-572-36

Total METRIC SYSTEM - slowly getting there, inch by inch

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/metrication/total-metric-system-slowly-getting-there-inch-by-inch-572-36 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:15:59 -0400 Total METRIC SYSTEM - slowly getting there, inch by inch metrication adult Andrea is right; there is at least some active use of the metric system in the US. http://www.buzzfeed.com/buth/andrea-is-right-there-is-at-least-some-active-use-of-the-metric-system-in-the-us-572-b Andrea is right; there is at least some active use of the metric system in the US.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/buth/andrea-is-right-there-is-at-least-some-active-use-of-the-metric-system-in-the-us-572-b Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:26:27 -0400 Andrea is right; there is at least some active use of the metric system in the US. buth adult And how hard is it to remember 48tsp = 16tbsps = 8oz = 1cup = 1/2 pint = 1/4 quart = 1/16 gallons = http://www.buzzfeed.com/chris/and-how-hard-is-it-to-remember-48tsp-16tbsps-8oz-1cup-12-pint-14-quart-116-gallons-572-b

And how hard is it to remember 48tsp = 16tbsps = 8oz = 1cup = 1/2 pint = 1/4 quart = 1/16 gallons = 1/2 lb fer christsakes?

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/chris/and-how-hard-is-it-to-remember-48tsp-16tbsps-8oz-1cup-12-pint-14-quart-116-gallons-572-b Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:03:32 -0400 And how hard is it to remember 48tsp = 16tbsps = 8oz = 1cup = 1/2 pint = 1/4 quart = 1/16 gallons = 1/2 lb fer christsakes? chris adult The metric system stinks! At least for measurement. Base 12 is a much better system; you can divide http://www.buzzfeed.com/chris/the-metric-system-stinks-at-least-for-measurement-base-12-is-a-much-better-system-you-can-divide-572-b

The metric system stinks! At least for measurement. Base 12 is a much better system; you can divide a foot evenly into half, thirds, quarters, and sixths. Try that with your meter!

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/chris/the-metric-system-stinks-at-least-for-measurement-base-12-is-a-much-better-system-you-can-divide-572-b Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:57:10 -0400 The metric system stinks! At least for measurement. Base 12 is a much better system; you can divide a foot evenly into half, thirds, quarters, and sixths. Try that with your meter! chris adult Not sure which is more retarded: U.S. holding out on the metric system or being part of the U.S. Met http://www.buzzfeed.com/andreaharner/not-sure-which-is-more-retarded-us-holding-out-on-the-metric-system-or-being-part-of-the-us-met-572-x

Not sure which is more retarded: U.S. holding out on the metric system or being part of the U.S. Metric Association.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/andreaharner/not-sure-which-is-more-retarded-us-holding-out-on-the-metric-system-or-being-part-of-the-us-met-572-x Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:28:42 -0400 Not sure which is more retarded: U.S. holding out on the metric system or being part of the U.S. Metric Association. andreaharner adult Thanks to the illicit drug trade America's youth is somewhat familiar with the Metric System. http://www.buzzfeed.com/nholland/thanks-to-the-illicit-drug-trade-americas-youth-is-somewhat-familiar-with-the-metric-system-572-2j

Thanks to the illicit drug trade America’s youth is somewhat familiar with the Metric System.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/nholland/thanks-to-the-illicit-drug-trade-americas-youth-is-somewhat-familiar-with-the-metric-system-572-2j Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:24:09 -0400 Thanks to the illicit drug trade America's youth is somewhat familiar with the Metric System. nholland adult Yep, it's always happy times with the imperial system. Except for mars orbiters maybe... http://www.buzzfeed.com/kritzikratzi/yep-its-always-happy-times-with-the-imperial-system-except-for-mars-orbiters-maybe-572-2f Yep, it’s always happy times with the imperial system. Except for mars orbiters maybe…

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/kritzikratzi/yep-its-always-happy-times-with-the-imperial-system-except-for-mars-orbiters-maybe-572-2f Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:20:05 -0400 Yep, it's always happy times with the imperial system. Except for mars orbiters maybe... kritzikratzi adult The U.S. Metric Association. http://www.buzzfeed.com/buth/the-us-metric-association-572-b The U.S. Metric Association.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/buth/the-us-metric-association-572-b Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:09:58 -0400 The U.S. Metric Association. buth adult Don't know about Burma...but the US used to send formerly enslaved African Americans to Liberia in t http://www.buzzfeed.com/jredmondiii/dont-know-about-burmabut-the-us-used-to-send-formerly-enslaved-african-americans-to-liberia-in-t-572-j

Don’t know about Burma…but the US used to send formerly enslaved African Americans to Liberia in the 1800’s.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/jredmondiii/dont-know-about-burmabut-the-us-used-to-send-formerly-enslaved-african-americans-to-liberia-in-t-572-j Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:55:36 -0400 Don't know about Burma...but the US used to send formerly enslaved African Americans to Liberia in the 1800's. jredmondiii adult