Mike
Embark on a comedic journey through the land of the free and the home of the brave, where the metric system is more alien than the idea of deep-fried butter on a stick. Welcome to a hilariously bewildering collection of American metric system fails, a tribute to the times Americans said, “No thanks,” to meters and grams and instead embraced a hodgepodge of inches, feet, and whatever else fits the bill (or doesn’t).
From road signs that leave metric-loving tourists scratching their heads to recipes that convert grams to “about the size of a large chicken egg,” these posts showcase the creative, sometimes baffling lengths Americans will go to avoid the metric system. Gear up for a rollercoaster ride of measurement mishaps that prove, when it comes to units, the U.S. is truly in a league of its own.
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