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In reply to the discussion: Tucker Carlson: "The metric system is a globalist plot." [View all]LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,586 posts)1. Just a small correction about the history of the meter.
The French originated the meter in the 1790s as one/ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the north pole along a meridian through Paris. It is realistically represented by the distance between two marks on an iron bar kept in Paris. source
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because it's always been taught by converting it to english/american instead of just using it.
bbrady42
Jun 2019
#37
Next: Fox morons demand abolition of Arabic numerals and return to Roman numerals ???
mart48
Jun 2019
#11
How come Fucker Carlson doesn't complain that time is measured by an atomic clock instead of manual?
TheBlackAdder
Jun 2019
#20
He, like 45 and all the other conservative profiteers are just getting of fucking with "the base"
Cosmocat
Jun 2019
#33
In medieval times people fear Arabic numbers and thought they were a satanic plot
Johonny
Jun 2019
#39