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		philwelch on March 30, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Canada ditches the penny The US military also uses a 24-hour clock (2000 hours instead of 8:00 PM) and consistent little-endian date formats (29 March 2012 instead of March 29 2012).

rogerbinns on March 30, 2012 [–]

That does it. I'm now in favour of compulsory military service for everyone, since that is the only way US citizens will be modernized.

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