Michael Watterson wrote:
> Only three nations have not officially adopted the International
> System of Units as their primary or sole system of measurement:
> Burma, Liberia, and the United States.

That statement is rather misleading.  The metric system has been legal here
in the US since 1866.  If you meant to say that you are not forced to use
the metric system in the US for private commerce, then that is correct.
Note that the military and other parts of the government require use of the
metric system in some cases.  For example, soldiers are required to
communicate distances in kilometers, "klicks" in their jargon.


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