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Pretty much every country in the world uses the metric system for measurement — having a universal system would be like having a common language across the world, making it easier to communicate, trade and invest. So why doesn’t the US want to commit to the metric system? Technically, it already has — it’s officially the “preferred system of weights and measures for United States trade and commerce”. But the change has never been made compulsory for everyone, so most of the country continues to use the imperial system.

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Bureau International des Poids et Mesures https://www.bipm.org/en/measurement-u...

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