The ONLY Countries in the WORLD that DON'T use the METRIC SYSTEM:
http://shs.westport.k12.ct.us/mjvl/biology/intro/non-metric_countries.htm
It is important to know that Americans are not only afraid of Carbohydrates, Calories, and the Metric System, but they are also afraid of DECIMALS!
NOTE: In the USA, a 20 fl oz ( = 1.25 pt, not to mention = 591 mL) bottle of Diet Coke, for example, is listed as having ZERO Calories of energy.
By the way, were you aware that 1 calorie = the amount of energy needed to raise 1 cc (1 cm3 or 1 mL) of H2O 1o Celsius?
Were you also aware that 1 Calorie = 1000 calories, or 1kcal? Mind your capitals
NOTE: In Portugal, for example, the bottles (which are actually called Coca-Cola Light) are 500 mL (0.5 L), and they have the energy listed 2 ways:
1 kJ (kiloJoule)
0.2 kcal
(0.2 Calories, for the Americans in the audience. Oops, forgot the decimal . . . make that 0 Calories . . .)Incidentally, 1 kJ is really equal to 0.2388458966275 kcal . . .
That works out to 0.000477691793255 kcal/mL . . .
That means an American bottle of Diet Coke actually has 0.282315849813705 kcal, oops, Calories.
In Europe that would be rounded up to 0.3 kcal.
In America . . . it's still ZERO . . .
For those of you enamored of the
Standard . . . uh, Imperial . . . uh, English . . . uh, 'merican
system . . . (Get it?)
How many scruples does a slug have?
20 grains = 1 scruple
3 scruples = 1 drachm
8 drachms = 1 ounce
24 scruples = ounce = 480 grains
1 slug = 32.17405 lbs = 514.7848 ounces = 12,354.8352 scruples
A slug, therefore, has 12,354.8352 scruples
Duh . . .If you say that's not fair, lets use commonly used terms . . . How many square inches in a square mile?
12 inches = 1 foot
1 square foot = 12 in x 12 in = 144 square inches / square foot
1 mile = 5280 feet
1 square mile = 5280 ft x 5280 ft = 27,878,400 square feet / square mile
27,878,400 sq. ft / mile x 144 sq. in / sq. ft = 4,014,489,600 square inches in a square mileDuh . . .
Metric usage and metrication in other countries
Which other countries, besides the U.S., do not use
the metric system?
Metric Cartoons:
Metric in the UK - 98% of the World's population uses metric!
A Metric Conversion Excel File:
An EXCELLENT Conversion website: