The US is really a pain when it comes to measurement. Virtually everything is done in US standard unless you are in an application that requires it, e.g. medicine, foreign car mechanics, pot distribution, or certain fields of engineering. Nobody would have a clue if you started rattling off things in liters, meters, grams, and whatnot. (Although the 1-liter, .5-liter, and 2-liter bottles are popular. They're bigger than the nearest US equivalent.)
Even though I've been conditioned to know everything in US standard, I wish that everything was in metric. It is just sooooo much easier to work with. Right off of the top of your head, can you give me, in pounds, how much a cubic yard of water weighs? I bet that you wouldn't. But, I can tell you that there are 1000* liters in a cubic meter, and from there I can tell you that said cubic meter of water weighs 1000 kilograms because the density of water is 1kg/L.
*If I screw that up, I will be embarrassed beyond reason.
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