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How Pirates Thwarted America’s Plan to Go Metric
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That son of a bitch pirate has no idea how much of a pain in the ass he ended up being
But if the plan had suceeded, it could've lead to a butterfly effect where none of us are ever born.
But we wouldn't be aware of that fact, so it wouldn't be that big a deal.
Or it could’ve led to a butterfly effect where measurements were much easier to understand and as a result scientific and engineering progress moved along a bit faster
Maybe both; maybe that resulted in like a huge bomb that destroyed the world. Or maybe it resulted in utopia where we figure out eternal life and cured all disease