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smithsp86 t1_j0jfj0m wrote on December 17, 2022 at 2:26 AM

Reply to comment by proper_ikea_boy in NASA's DART asteroid smash flung 2 million pounds of rock into space by shellystarzz

It's not our fault that the rest of the world didn't develop interchangeable parts until after their adoption of metric. The U.S. will not switch because there's close to 200 years of industrial development riding on our customary units.