Countries That Don't Use the Metric System

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These Are the Three Countries Who Don't Use the Metric System More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Joey Wiebe | permalink
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As a reminder, these are the three countries who don't use the incredibly sensible metric system: Liberia, Myanmar and of course, the United States of America. U-S-A! U-S-A! Hell, we should all form some sort of alliance! Non US-people, feel free to tell us why we're dumb for not using the metric system. [Wikimedia via ZME Science]
Tags: metric, units, World, America, Liberia, myanmar, unit, ImperialUnits, Imperialsystem, MetricSystem, Usa, Gizmodo

For further reading: http://gizmodo.com/5786004/these-are-the-three-countries-who-dont-use-the-metric-system ^[1]

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Why isn't the U.S. on the metric system? - HowStuffWorks More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Sonny Pagnotta | permalink
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Why isn't the U.S. on the metric system? Learn about the reasons the United States has been slow to adopt the metric system.
Tags: why us not on metric system, why isn't the u.s. on the metric system, united states metric system, metric system in america

For further reading: http://science.howstuffworks.com/why-us-not-on-metric-system.htm ^[2]

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Countries That Haven't Adopted the Metric System More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by mx 250 | permalink
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"At this time, only three countries have not adopted the the metric system as their official system of weights and measures."

For further reading: http://mentalfloss.com/article/55895/countries-havent-adopted-metric-system ^[3]

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Countries That Don’t Use the Metric System More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by mainak | permalink
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Of all the countries in the world, only three backwaters still use the archaic Imperial system of weights and measures: Liberia Myanmar (a.k.a. "the cou

For further reading: http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/08/13/countries-that-dont-use-the-metric-system/ ^[4]

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Map of countries officially not using the metric system More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by azita movahed | permalink
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Prepare to be amazed: That's right, the three countries which are not using the metric system are Liberia, Myanmar and of course... the United States of Am

For further reading: http://www.zmescience.com/other/map-of-countries-officially-not-using-the-metric-system/ ^[5]

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1. http://gizmodo.com/5786004/these-are-the-three-countries-who-dont-use-the-metric-system

2. http://science.howstuffworks.com/why-us-not-on-metric-system.htm

3. http://mentalfloss.com/article/55895/countries-havent-adopted-metric-system

4. http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/08/13/countries-that-dont-use-the-metric-system/

5. http://www.zmescience.com/other/map-of-countries-officially-not-using-the-metric-system/