The can was in US customary units, while the bottle was in metric units. Today, the American public remains mostly on the side of US customary units.

Here’s what we learned about the history of the metric system, and the reasons why the United States hasn’t fully adopted the system favored throughout most of the rest of the world.

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Without a mandate to change, the switch over to metric has been very slow — metaphorically, in millimeters per year. Where did our customary system come from, anyway?

In the early days, the metric proponents lost elections and the customary—that is, pounds and inches—guys won. The issue continued to get tossed around, however.

(Technically, the American system known as Imperial is called United States customary units or USCS.) It also argues that the decimalized metric system is simpler to work with.

The truth about the annoying metric system is that it was devised by scientists and works very well _ for scientists. Certainly, it can be successfully applied to the workaday world.

The metric system is, quietly and behind the scenes, now the standard in most industries, with a few notable exceptions like construction.

Wondering why the United States is one of three countries in the world that doesn't use the metric system? The answer will definitely surprise you.

Metric is the system of internationalism, and those who wish to fight it are against the country going metric. But Mihm told me that "most Americans just don't really care that much.