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**Pete** · 09-14-2008, 08:41

It looks to me that Snopes really had to streatch a bit to get the False on that one.

An interesting section was on the Civil War - The North had one size and the south had three. Snopes contention was that the US went with one size only because the North won.

However else the war might have turned out you had 50% at one size in the north and about 16% each of three different sizes in the south. Faster commerce after the war would have driven the smaller size lines to convert to the more common one.

09-14-2008, 08:41	#4
Pete Quiet Professional Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Fayetteville Posts: 13,080	Snopes - False It looks to me that Snopes really had to streatch a bit to get the False on that one. An interesting section was on the Civil War - The North had one size and the south had three. Snopes contention was that the US went with one size only because the North won. However else the war might have turned out you had 50% at one size in the north and about 16% each of three different sizes in the south. Faster commerce after the war would have driven the smaller size lines to convert to the more common one.
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