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[–] totallynotarobot 13 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Which other colonies use imperial?

[–] spicytuna62 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Myanmar and Liberia.

Liberia exists because of Americans who didn't love the idea of freed former slaves in northern states having the right to vote (or rights in general). So they shipped these former slaves back to Africa so they could have their own country. Liberia is the second oldest black republic (Haiti came first). They just kinda kept using US customary units once they got there.

No idea why Myanmar uses US units.

[–] totallynotarobot 2 points 11 months ago
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