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3 unusual facts about Imperial units


Imperial units

In the 1980s, momentum to fully convert to the metric system stalled when the government of Brian Mulroney was elected.

However, some radio stations near the United States border (such as CIMX and CIDR) primarily use imperial units to report the weather.

Laws of cricket

The Laws retain the Imperial units as they were originally specified, but now also include metric conversions.



see also

Gimli Glider

Mars Climate Orbiter, which was lost due to a navigation error when a subcontractor used Imperial units (pound-seconds) instead of the metric units (newton-seconds) as specified by NASA.