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How to make an american angry (lemmy.nz)
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[โ€“] GirthBrooksPLO@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

But the French invented the metric system.

[โ€“] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

the french also invented losing to the vietmin.

at one point they asked us to nuke dien bien phu. no shit.

so this is rich lol