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		dragonshed on May 27, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: In Defense of Fahrenheit More imperial entanglements than you can possibly imagine.

fanf2 on May 27, 2019 [–]

American customary units are not the same as imperial units. The British imperial reform in the early 1800s altered the volume measures, whereas the US continued using the Queen Anne wine gallon and the Winchester grain bushel.

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