No, it’s just because the US never really converted to the metric system. Degrees Fahrenheit are zeroed at the freezing temperature of brine, and there are exactly 180 degrees from freezing to boiling water because that was an easy number to divide (like the 360 degrees in a circle).
No, it’s just because the US never really converted to the metric system. Degrees Fahrenheit are zeroed at the freezing temperature of brine, and there are exactly 180 degrees from freezing to boiling water because that was an easy number to divide (like the 360 degrees in a circle).
But really it’s because when you’re used to big numbers all your life, why would you limit yourself to puny smaller numbers
Seems like Americans also choose cars by this principle
Hello decimals.
Americans fear them.
To be fair, fractions are inherently superior
Decimals are just fractions for ppl who can only handle dividing by powers of 10