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It is some while since I first saw this one, and had totally forgotten it
Not to puncture the balloon - it's so charming we _want_ it to be true - but, sadly, it isn't.
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/000218.html
has a nice llittle debunking, and so does Stales.com but unfortunately I don't have the URL handy at the moment...
EDIT: it's Snopes.com, of course. Silly me. Sorry, Stales; take it as a compliment. The full URL is
http://www.snopes2.com/history/american/gauge.htm
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