THE KITCHEN: The metric system's basic unit of volume is the liter, roughly a quart. That's a fine measure for certain purposes, but how many recipes call for a quart of anything?

The US uses metric to “define all basic units used in commerce and trade” and says using the metric system with the imperial system actually makes the United States “a truly bilingual nation”.

As revolution raged in the 1790s, French scientists replaced a chaotic system of weights and measures with an unified way to calibrate and calculate.

The Two-Way How Pirates Of The Caribbean Hijacked America's Metric System This is the first expansion of the measurement system since 1991, according to the National Physical Laboratory.

Temperatures were also divided in decimal units, with 0 as the freezing point of water and 100 as the boiling point. In 1866, the Congress and President approved legislation making the metric system ...

And while the United States hasn't fully adopted the metric system, the International System of Units (or SI, as it's officially known) has a role to play in our everyday lives.