A fine illustration on the history of defining a meter:
On top of the fact that there are only three countries that only use the Imperial System, many more countries use metric and imperial side by side making it rather confusing. United Kingsom of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland being one of them.
How much do you weight: 11 stones and 5 pound
How much meat do you need: 500 gram
How high is Ben Nevis: 4409 feet… or was it 4409 meters?
Also:
Imperial Rant 1
Imperial Rant 2
–kristian
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