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It was a weird false friend, but now it's even weirder they (US) just changed the definition of a number.
The us system of counting was generally considered easier and more reasonable and it had less quirks. The logic behind adopting it is literally the same one people use to argue the metric system is better. And it also was a fuck you to the British that no body liked at the time.