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#36 is a bad “map”.
Basically the green areas are where the total of the bottom 80% own more than the total of the top 20%
The orange areas are where the total of rhe top 0.001% own more than the total of the bottom 99.999%
You are not the usa
Only three countries – the U.S., Liberia and Myanmar – still officially or actually stick to the imperial system, while official use does not necessarily reflected everyday practice. Source - www.statista.com/chart/18300/countries-using-the-metric-or-the-imperial-system/
U.S.A.
Legal Mandate:
The Metric Conversion Act of 1975, amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988, requires federal agencies to use the metric system in their procurement, grants, and other business-related activities.
Executive Order:
Executive Order 12770, signed in 1991, further reinforces this requirement by directing federal agencies to develop timetables for transitioning to the metric system.
Also, all scientific research is done in metric.
no surprise here
#27 The USA is working hard on becoming blue too
5th grade secondary school Germany
What does "boswash" mean?
Iceland is green and Greenland is icy.