SYSK Selects: Why isn't the U.S. on the metric system?

Stuff You Should Know

• Episode: SYSK Selects: Why isn't the U.S. on the metric system?
• Website: Stuff You Should Know
• Feed URL: http://www.howstuffworks.com/podcasts/stuff-you-should-know.rss
• Duration: 00:39:54
• Published: 2017-07-01 21:24

In this week's SYSK Select episode, the U.S. stands proudly defiant and the world looks at Americans as dopes for the U.S.’s stubborn refusal to go metric. However, the States have been going metric for about 150 years. Find out what’s the haps in this weighty and measured episode of SYSK.