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fun fact: 1$ bill weighs almost exactly 1 gram and you idiots don't even use the metric system.
Fun fact, all US customary units are defined in terms of the metric system. For example, 1 inch is exactly 2.54cm. which means a US mile is 1.609344km. Americans have be using a bastardized version of the metric system since 1959.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_customary_units
We might consider it if you updated the definition so that 1 gram was exactly the weight of a US dollar
It actually changes based on how much cocaine and human fluids it absorbs. That sounds like a joke, but I used to calibrate currency scales. There would be one setting for regular bills, and one for crisp, brand new ones; those would weigh measurably less and required compensation.
A nickel is 5 grams and you don't use the metric system either.