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[–] droans@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Jefferson actually intended to make metric standard in the US back in 1793. Unfortunately, the ship carrying the standard measurements from France was captured by pirates.

[–] QuazarOmega@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Wake up babe! I know what we're gonna use our time machine for...

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's amazing, these pirates had a huge effect on history and probably didn't even know it or care.

[–] bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

Those pirates blew up our satellite!