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Why is the USA the only country that doesn’t use the metric system? (lemmy.ml)
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[–] 28 points 2 days ago (8 children)

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.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 days ago (6 children)

    Soft drinks in general. A can is 255ml, a bottle is 500ml, a big bottle is 2L

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  • [–] 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (2 children)

    355 for the standard aluminum can irc

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (1 child)

    Could have sworn it was 330

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago

    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.

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