It caught my eye because the units of measurement for the same product weren’t the same. The can was in US customary units, while the bottle was in metric units. Today, the American public ...

While most of the rest of the world uses the metric system (formally known as the International System of Units, or SI), the United States uses the U.S. Customary System, which—fun fact—is ...

The United States primarily uses the US Customary System, where volume is measured in cups, tablespoons (tbsp), and teaspoons. Meanwhile, much of the world follows the Metric System with ...

An oft-repeated "weird fact" is the claim that, if not for the scourge of Caribbean piracy, the United States would have adopted the metric system in the 1790s, making it the country's standard ...