The metric system vs. imperial system debate has raged ... Eggs with Green Rings Around the Yolk Safe to Eat, According to a Food Expert Fighter jets were alerted to intercept a plane when it ...

“About 50% of the measurements you encounter in anything have to do with the metric system,” he notes. This includes everything from food labels and pharmaceuticals to electronics ...

In the meantime, a new system of weights and measures, developed by French scientists following the Revolution of 1789, gained increasing international use. This metric system had as its fundamental ...