Is America Actually Metric?

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What it covers

Veritasium explains that the US signed the Metre Convention in 1875 and that all US customary units are officially defined in terms of metric standards. It also touches on. It is for a general viewer who does not plan to take a prerequisite first.

Video details

Channel

Veritasium

Length

8 min 52 sec

Year

2017

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