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[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Apparently, muricans are a lost tribe of Sumerians.

Hold on a sec. I need to write up some golden tablets or something.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Well you see, in 1793, 'Merica requested the metric artifacts from France so we could be metric too. France sent over a kilogram, but the shipment was lost at sea. And that was a little sad.

All joking aside, US feet, inches, pounds, and so on have been secretly really metric since 1893.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sumerians also tried to metrify, but the copper weights they bought mysteriously corroded

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Rude.

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