American Traditions That Confuse The Rest of the World

Measuring Things in "Football Fields"

This is truly one of the most useless measuring techniques ever heard of. How are you supposed to gauge the length of a football field in comparison to anything else? Who came up with that? In other countries, they don't even have football.

The More You Know

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.