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America passed a law to go metric in 1975 and then made it voluntary, which is why it never happened
The standard account is that Americans are stubborn about measurement. It is not accurate.
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 ...
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 ...
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