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. House passes ...

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 ...

Jeffy Mai was the Associate Editor for Eater’s Midwest region, and has been covering Chicago’s dining scene for over a decade. Metric Coffee has made its way to Avondale with Milli, a sprawling cafe ...

The United States nearly adopted the metric system in the 1790s. A French scientist was on his way with the official kilogram to convince Congress—until pirates intercepted his ship 'He's in my car?': ...

A metric prefix is a numerical multiplier that is placed before a basic unit of measure to indicate a specified multiple or fraction of that unit. The 20 recognized metric prefixes have been specified ...

On May 20, 1875, delegates from a group of 17 countries gathered in Paris to sign what may be the most overlooked yet globally influential treaty in history: the Metre Convention. By the mid-19th ...

Wondering why the United States measures things in inches and pounds? The answer will definitely surprise you All countries use the metric system to varying degrees. Most of the world has adopted the ...

Here’s a good trivia question: What are the only 3 countries in the world that do not use the metric system? Everybody knows the good ol’ hard headed USA is in there, but the other two? How about ...

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 ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Former KGUN 9 traffic reporter Allen "Big Al" Kath points out a large sign on a recent drive along Interstate 19. He reads it out loud: "Metric signs in use on I-19." The ...

It wasn’t that long ago when any titanium chronograph would have been considered a luxury watch. The combination of a high-end material with a complex complication is an age-old recipe for an ...