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Why doesn't the US use Metric? Pirates. Yes, pirates.

2020 • E6    Nov 18, 2020    7m
When the US was still brand new, the states were using their own systems of weights and measures. Thomas Jefferson requested an expert in the new Metric system travel from France, but pirates changed the course of US history forever.

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