red_rooster :coolified:<p>Today is world metrology day. At the 20th May 1875 the meter convention was signed by 17 states, so exactly 150 years ago. <br>For people that that after 150 years still think using imperial units is a nice idea, just search the internet for Mendenhall Order. So, using imperial units means using the metric system with very odd conversion factors <br><a href="https://sueden.social/tags/meter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meter</span></a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/meterkonvention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meterkonvention</span></a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/bipm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bipm</span></a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/metrology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>metrology</span></a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/meterconvention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meterconvention</span></a><br><a href="https://usma.org/laws-and-bills/mendenhall-order#locale-notification" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">usma.org/laws-and-bills/menden</span><span class="invisible">hall-order#locale-notification</span></a></p>