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InterPunct t1_j61x0l1 wrote

The Imperial system is our underappreciated homage to our English cousins.

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chlomor t1_j62l7te wrote

Are US customary units and the imperial system not different? I’m pretty sure an imperial gallon for example is 10-20% larger than a US gallon.

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yasunadiver t1_j68urnq wrote

Yes, the US standardized on its own system before the British empire. Though there were some efforts made to standardize between both later on, most notably the "industrial inch" which was an agreement between US and UK during WW2 to standardize on a metric based inch (2.54 cm exactly).

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