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Officially, we're the only ones still using imperial units. But, the British use a mash-up of units in their daily lives, as does Liberia and Myanmar.
Reagan pulled the plug on our attempted conversion in 1980.
We'll convert someday, probably after our imperial reign is over, somewhat fittingly.
Except it's not imperial units, it's US customary. Similar names, different actual quantities.