phongn wrote:Well, many things in the US are sold on a dual-US/metric system.
Meaning they show the equivalent in kg, L, km/s but the round figure is still in Imperial units.
Not for many beverages, which are now sold by the liter as the primary unit.
Can't think of any others off-hand, but the point is that even in the US Imperial is no longer universal. Just nearly so.
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