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Whatever Happened to the Metric System?
Back in the 1970s, there was a huge national campaign to convert the U.S. to the metric system. Teachers handed out buttons that said “Take me to your Liter” and middle school students used new rulers and tried to wrap our heads around the simple task of counting by tens. And then, just like that, it all went away. Why?
By Barbara Bogaev • • 1 min readBack in the 1970s, there was a huge national campaign to convert the U.S. to the metric system. Teachers handed out buttons that said “Take me to your Liter” and middle school students used new rulers and tried to wrap our heads around the simple task of counting by tens. And then, just like that, it all went away. Why?
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4 of 5A Civil Rights Generation Gap, Unregulated Food and More- 0:00Ferguson and the Civil Rights Generation Divide
- 8:14Officer Body Cams
- 16:42It’s Time to Have a Cow, Man
- 25:12Whatever Happened to the Metric System?You’re reading this
- 41:06Are New Chemical Food Additives Safe?