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This video explores the historical, cultural, and practical reasons the United States continues to use customary units, and why efforts to adopt the metric system never fully took hold.

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The metric system is a decimal-based system of measurement used by most countries around the world. It’s known for its simplicity and ease of use, making it a universal language in science and ...

December 23, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the Metric Conversion Act, designed to bring US weights and measures in line with the rest of the world. The United States is one of the last holdouts ...

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In the world of measurements, two systems stand as giants: metric and imperial. Each has its own charm and quirks, much like characters in a classic novel. Metric, with its sleek, decimal-based design ...

1 In late 1975, President Gerald Ford had a unique vision for making America great again. He wanted to embrace a French invention – one that Thomas Jefferson himself had championed. He wanted America ...

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The United States is one of just three countries that "prefers" imperial measurements over the international metric standard. The motivation why has less to do with official policy than you might ...