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but when it was first admitted as a state, it was majority French-speaking
east of Quebec is the canadian cajuns called acadiens
But yeah, soda cans, for example, have their sizes labeled as "12 FL OZ (355 mL)"
and it's pretty common in science fields, while American engineers tend to work in US Customary units
well good. metric makes more sense
Nah, US Customary does, especially in engineering and day-to-day use
what is us customary units?
What most folks call "Imperial units" as used in the US
It's called US Customary because it differs from Imperial in certain ways
including volumes
Imperial is how the Brits use it
But yeah, on the engineering front, consider the following: If you're told to find gravitational potential energy but weren't given a formula or unit conversions, which would you find easier:
Height in meters, mass in kilograms, and informed that the answer will be in Joules
or
Height in feet, weight in pounds, and informed that the answer will be in foot-pounds
Meanwhile on the mathematics side, base 12 is generally significantly easier to work with given that it has more factors than 10 (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 12, versus 1, 2, 5, 10 respectively)
and on the everyday front, 2s, 3s, and 4s are easier to mentally approximate than 10s
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Then just on the nomenclature and size front, a tablespoon generally makes for a damn good approximation, if not measuring instrument, for what constitutes a tablespoon of a substance
And guess what common household item can similarly be used to approximate the US customary unit "teaspoon"
Anyway, back to talk about history and annexing Canada
There were repeated proposals, attempts, and invitations on the part of the US for Canada to get annexed
We almost got Newfoundland back in 1946
But Congress rejected their invitation
And the Brits prevented them from holding such a referendum
At least they got a cool flag out of it https://sep.yimg.com/ay/yhst-46916591293778/newfoundland-flag-27.gif
much like how the Brits forbade British Columbia from seeking American annexation following the Alaska Purchase, despite BC having been led by an annexationist governor at the time
Also in 1946, we offered $100,000,000 to Denmark if they'd sell us Greenland
In 1917 they had accepted $25,000,000 for their share of the West Indies, for perspective
New Brunswick, coolest flag
tfw Denmark won't let us enforce an omnidirectional blockade against Canada
COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP, CANADA
WE HAVE YOU SURROUNDED
pffft
Noice
you guys don't even know where Alaska is most of the time...
TFW we should already have annexed Nova Scotia https://jaymans.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/north-american-nations-4-3.png
Wait Alaska is real?
We know where it is, because we've been eyeing the corridor connecting to it for 150 years now
Oh nvm that was Narnia
Just one more piece to the puzzle to go