American Traditions That Confuse The Rest of the World

Not Using The Metric System

The United States is one of the only nations that doesn't use the easy metric system. It's based on units of 10 and is universally simple. The US uses the Imperial System, which is based on inches, feet, ounces, and pounds.

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