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A comment on 230 years since British pirates robbed the US of the metric system.

Re:230 years since British pirates robbed the US of the metr... by gabrielsroka on Sunday January 22, 2023 @08:20AM (#34477072)
> French inch was then shorter than the British standard and Napoleon was around average height for the time.

A) It's not shorter, it's longer, according to Wikipedia. B) even if it were, he'd be taller, not shorter.

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