Showing posts with label metric system. Show all posts
Showing posts with label metric system. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Who uses the metric system, anyways?
Russia uses the metric system, apparently, and France I think. Fortunately, I studied physics at university and have used the metric system before (I don't think I've used it since). I can never remember the metric/English conversions, though. This has caused no small amount of confusion to my Russian friends when I tell them about America. "Yeah, a hot summer day in New England can get up to 200 degrees C, sometimes" or "The speed limit on the highway is usually 500 km/h, but most people drive faster." Good stuff.
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